React MultiSelect Component AutoClose to false

In the jQuery UI version of the kendo Multi Select component, you can disable the autoclose, but it doesn't seem to work for a component. I don't want the  to close after someone selects something.

$("#multiselect").kendoMultiSelect({
        autoClose: false,
        highlightFirst: true,
        deselect: function(e){
          setTimeout(function(){
            if(!e.sender.value().length){
              e.sender.list.find('.k-state-focused').removeClass('k-state-focused');
              e.sender.list.find('li.k-item').first().addClass('k-state-focused');
            }
          });
        }
      });