How to find if kendoNumericTextBox already has change event bound?

Question

I have KendoNumericTextBox control and i am attaching 'change' event handler to it and then trying to find if it has change event handler attached. But $._data(element,'events') doesn't list 'change' event.

        $('#MyID')
            .getKendoNumericTextBox()
            .bind('change', function (e) {
                alert('something changed')
            })

        var ev = $._data($('#MyID')[0], 'events');
        if (ev && ev.change)
        {
            //this never gets executes even i have change event handler  attached
            alert('do something');
        }

Answer 1

Get the kendo widget instance:

var numerictextbox = $("#MyID").data("kendoNumericTextBox");

Then look at the _events object and check for a change property:

alert(numerictextbox._events["change"] ? "YES" : "NO");

Here is a DEMO