Programatically selecting a value in kendo-dropdownlist -

it appears not possible programmatically select specific value in kendo dropdownlist element. checked api, wasn't able find trigger this.

there selectionchange event, triggered manually selecting value dropdown. i'm interested in programmatically selecting event; there way this?

add following dropdown html tag: (selectionchange)="selectionchange($event)"

and add following typescript code:

protected selectionchange(value): void {     console.log("the current value is: " + value) } 

to change selected item code behind, use this: http://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui/components/dropdowns/api/dropdownlistcomponent/#toc-value