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    copied!<p>You can use <a href="http://docs.kendoui.com/api/web/multiselect#methods-value"><code>value()</code></a> method for setting the values.</p> <p>Example, give the following HTML:</p> <pre><code>&lt;a href="#" id="button" class="k-button"&gt;Select&lt;/a&gt; &lt;input id='selectedFilters'&gt; </code></pre> <p>and the JavaScript:</p> <pre><code>var data = [ { name : "name1", value : "value1" }, { name : "name2", value : "value2" }, { name : "name3", value : "value3" }, { name : "name4", value : "value4" }, { name : "name5", value : "value5" }, { name : "name6", value : "value6" } ]; var multiselect = $('#selectedFilters').kendoMultiSelect({ dataSource : data, dataTextField : 'name', dataValueField: 'value', filter : 'contains', placeholder : "Add Filter", delay : 0, minLength : 2, highlightFirst: true, ignoreCase : true, change : function (event) { console.log("change"); } }).data("kendoMultiSelect"); $("#button").on("click", function () { console.log("multiselect", multiselect); multiselect.value(["value1", "value2", "value6"]); }); </code></pre> <p>If you click on <code>button</code> the multi-value <code>input</code> gets: <code>name1</code>, <code>name2</code> and <code>name6</code>.</p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong> If you want to add to current selected values then do:</p> <pre><code>$("#button").on("click", function () { var selected = multiselect.value(); var res = $.merge($.merge([], selected), ["value1", "value2", "value6"]); multiselect.value(res); }); </code></pre> <p><strong>NOTE</strong>: For some sort of reason you cannot reuse <code>selected</code> array for setting new values, so you should create a new one.</p> <p>Check it running <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/OnaBai/LQx2z/">here</a></p>
 

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