<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.2/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.2.1008/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.2.1008/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.2.1008/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.2.1008/js/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.2.1008/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Placeholder example</h1>
<h2>Dropdown</h2>
<input id="dropdown" />
<h2>Combobox</h2>
<input id="combobox" />
<script>
$("#combobox").kendoComboBox({
dataSource: ["Item1", "Item2"],
placeholder: "Select..."
});
$("#dropdown").kendoDropDownList({
dataSource: ["Item1", "Item2"],
optionLabel: "Select..."
});
$("#dropdown").getKendoDropDownList().list.find("li.k-item").first().hide();
</script>
</body>
</html>
// Code goes here
/* Styles go here */