The minimum number of characters the user must type before a search is performed. Set to higher value than 1 if the search could match a lot of items.

Widget will initiate a request when input value is cleared. If you would like to prevent this behavior please check the filtering event for more details.

Example - set minLength

<input id="combobox" /> <script> $("#combobox").kendoComboBox({ minLength: 3 }); </script>