Dropdownlist kendo

$("#size").kendoDropDownList({
    optionLabel: " -- Select -- "
}).data("kendoDropDownList").select(0); //select(index) , index starts from 0
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23493186/kendo-dropdown-list-select-option-label-by-default
http://jsfiddle.net/krustev/uCZM8/

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template: "#= fullName() #",
valueTemplate: "#= fullName() #"
http://jsfiddle.net/zacharydl/dt8VU/
http://jsfiddle.net/jddevight/Ms3nn/
http://www.telerik.com/forums/optionlabel-and-template-not-working-as-expected
http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/dropdownlist/template
http://www.telerik.com/forums/display-template-in-selected-dropdownlist-value
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//template: kendo.template($("#template").html()),
//valueTemplate: kendo.template($("#template").html())
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15117296/how-to-combine-two-fields-for-the-datatextfield-of-kendo-ui-autocomplete
http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/dropdownlist/template
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http://www.telerik.com/forums/template-as-datatextfield
http://dojo.telerik.com/osoja
http://dojo.telerik.com/OJAq
http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/framework/mvvm/observableobject
http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/framework/templates/overview