assign value to kendo dropdown in jquery code example
Example: kendo dropdownlist value jquery
<input id="dropdownlist" />
<script>
$("#dropdownlist").kendoDropDownList({
dataSource: [ "Apples", "Oranges" ]
});
var dropdownlist = $("#dropdownlist").data("kendoDropDownList");
dropdownlist.value("Apples");
dropdownlist.trigger("change");
</script>