title: Kendo grid and mvc editor templates
body: <p>I have an mvc editor template (named ExpenseTypeEdit) defined like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@model ExpenseType
  @(Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(et =&gt; et.ExpenseTypeId)
      .OptionLabel("--Please Select--")
      .DataTextField("Description")
      .DataValueField("ExpenseTypeId")
      .DataSource(datasource =&gt; datasource
          .Read("GetExpenseTypeList", "Lookup", new { area = "" })
      )
      .HtmlAttributes(new { width = "98%" })   
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have a kendo grid that looks something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@(Html.Kendo().Grid&lt;ExpenseViewModel&gt;()
      .Name("ExpenseGrid")
      .Editable(editable =&gt; editable.Mode(GridEditMode.InLine))
      .Columns(columns =&gt;
      {
          columns.Bound(e =&gt; e.ExpenseType)
              .EditorTemplateName("ExpenseTypeEdit");         
          columns.Command(command =&gt;
              {               
                  command.Custom("SaveExpense").Click("SaveExpense_click").Text("Save");              
              }
          );
      })
      .DataSource(datasource =&gt; datasource.Ajax()
          .ServerOperation(false)
          .Model(model =&gt;
          {
              model.Id(i =&gt; i.ExpenseId);
              model.Field(f =&gt; f.ExpenseType)
                  .DefaultValue(new Solutions.Business.Entities.PrimitiveObjects.ExpenseType { ExpenseTypeId = 0, Description = "" });
          })          
      )
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The function SaveExpense_click looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>function SaveExpense_click(e) {
      var item = this.dataItem($(e.currentTarget).closest("tr"));     
  
      /*
          Variable 'item' looks like like:
  
          {
              ExpenseType: {
                  ExpenseTypeId: 4,
                  Description: ""
              }           
          }   
      */  
      //debugger;
  };
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The ExpenseTypeId <strong>is</strong> present but not the description. Why is item not picking up the Description from the drop down and what do I need to do to get it passed in? </p>