$("#EmployeesCustom").kendoMultiSelect({ -> To enable multi-select dropdown. Use kendoMultiSelect. Ex. And, add the below event to get the selected value from drop-down list. Select Empty MVC project and click OK to create the project. Have a question about this project? Background This example demonstrates the ability to configure options globally by setting properties in ko.bindingHandlers.kendoMultiSelect.options.This helps to simplify the markup for settings that can be used as a default for all instances of this widget.