Cascading ComboBox is not enabled when a custom value is entered in the parent

[IvanDanchev]

Bug report

Reproduction of the problem

Dojo example: https://dojo.telerik.com/ivERIreJ

1. Focus the Categories ComboBox and type in custom text, e.g., "aaa"
2. Blur the ComboBox

Current behavior

The "change" event of the parent fires, but the cascading ComboBox remains disabled.

Expected/desired behavior

The cascading ComboBox is enabled.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2021.2.616
• jQuery version: x.y
• Browser: [all ]

[yanisslav]

Priority increased - Ticket ID 1521442

[keithmycek]

Subscribed.... and anxious for updates.

[kmycek]

Has this been resolved in a subsequent release from 2021.2.616? I tried the Dojo example, and it seems to work?

[kmycek]

Oh, no. Nevermind. It still doesn't work. Any idea when this will be fixed?

[kmycek]

BTW - I updated the Dojo script in my testing to point to 2022.2.510 to test if you might have fixed it and not updated this bug report. Sadly, it is still an outstanding bug. I could REALLY use this functioning ASAP. I implemented a convoluted and imperfect work around since I logged the bug, but now we have a need for three levels of cascading - and without the child combobox being enabled, our users cannot enter a new value for the parent(s). We have been a paid Telerik customer for many, many years now (10?). This seems like it wouldn't be an unreasonable ask for this bug to finally be fixed in a timely matter. It has been over a year since I logged it...

[Dimitar-Goshev]

@kmycek For R1 2023 release we have implemented a new property called cascadeOnCustomValue (false by default), which should be set to true for parent ComboBox to allow cascading on setting custom value for it.