Question

When I click on a bar of a PanelBar I both select the option as well I toggle it (open / close). Is it possible not to open it but just select and click on the icon for controlling open/close?

Answer 1

I am afraid this is not supported. As a partial work-around you can make the PanelBar expand and select only by clicking the expand arrow like this:

$('#panelbarName>li').on('click',function(e){
   if(!$(e.target).is('.k-icon')){
      e.stopPropagation(); 
   }       
})

Unfortunately there is much more logic to be handled to just select (highlight the item) without expanding it.