Regarding the topic, I am noted that Kendo UI AutoComplete is not designed to show all items. As mentioned in the following forum topic, http://www.telerik.com/forums/how-to-display-all-items-in-the-autocomplete-widget In order to resolve this, we leverage the use of Kendo ComboBox, the different between them is the Kendo ComboBox provides a down-arrow on the right side where you can click on it when you want to find all items.