Kendo combobox not show the Text corresponding to value from modal <p>I have a partial view with a combobox. When try to render partial view with modal(contains data from database), it shows only the value field. i want to show the text field of that value field. Help me please.</p> <pre><code>@(Html.Kendo().ComboBoxFor(m =&gt; m.divCode) .DataTextField("Name") .DataValueField("ID") .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:160px" }) .SelectedIndex(0) .AutoBind(false) .Placeholder("Select Div Code") .Filter(FilterType.Contains) .DataSource(source =&gt; { source.Read(read =&gt; { read.Action("GetDivision", "AssetTransaction"); }); }) ) </code></pre>