} "placeholder": placeholder }); I tried to looking for that config, you know. function () { No wait, I tried dataSource.sort, that seems to do the same thing as configuring sort it only works until a connected Kendo Grid messes around with the sort. }); } var grid; not in the datasourcerequest object as I would expect. Below is my code. var skip = grid.dataSource.skip(), } grid.table.kendoSortable({ Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Thanks for the suggestion.