Author: | xi |
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Views Total: | 444 views |
Official Page: | Go to website |
Last Update: | August 31, 2023 |
License: | MIT |
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Description:
A plain JavaScript library that enhances the default select box with live search, multi-select, and autocomplete capabilities.
How to use it:
1. Import the necessary JavaScript and CSS files into the document.
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”./select.css” />
<script src=”./select.js” type=”module”></script>
2. Add the data-select attribute to the select element and the library will take care of the rest.
<select data-select> ... </select> <select multiple data-select> ... </select>
3. Convert an input field into a select dropdown, and attach an autocomplete list to it using the datalist
element:
<input type="text" list="datalist"> <datalist id="datalist"> <optgroup label="Alaskan/Hawaiian Time Zone"> <option value="AK">Alaska</option> <option value="HI">Hawaii</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Pacific Time Zone"> <option value="CA">California</option> <option value="NV">Nevada</option> <option value="OR">Oregon</option> <option value="WA">Washington</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Mountain Time Zone"> <option value="AZ">Arizona</option> <option value="CO">Colorado</option> <option value="ID">Idaho</option> <option value="MT">Montana</option> <option value="NE">Nebraska</option> <option value="NM">New Mexico</option> <option value="ND">North Dakota</option> <option value="UT">Utah</option> <option value="WY">Wyoming</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Central Time Zone"> <option value="AL">Alabama</option> <option value="AR">Arkansas</option> <option value="IL">Illinois</option> <option value="IA">Iowa</option> <option value="KS">Kansas</option> <option value="KY">Kentucky</option> <option value="LA">Louisiana</option> <option value="MN">Minnesota</option> <option value="MS">Mississippi</option> <option value="MO">Missouri</option> <option value="OK">Oklahoma</option> <option value="SD">South Dakota</option> <option value="TX">Texas</option> <option value="TN">Tennessee</option> <option value="WI">Wisconsin</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Eastern Time Zone"> <option value="CT">Connecticut</option> <option value="DE">Delaware</option> <option value="FL">Florida</option> <option value="GA">Georgia</option> <option value="IN">Indiana</option> <option value="ME">Maine</option> <option value="MD">Maryland</option> <option value="MA">Massachusetts</option> <option value="MI">Michigan</option> <option value="NH">New Hampshire</option> <option value="NJ">New Jersey</option> <option value="NY">New York</option> <option value="NC">North Carolina</option> <option value="OH">Ohio</option> <option value="PA">Pennsylvania</option> <option value="RI">Rhode Island</option> <option value="SC">South Carolina</option> <option value="VT">Vermont</option> <option value="VA">Virginia</option> <option value="WV">West Virginia</option> </optgroup> </datalist>
4. The separate file tags.js
provides a matching component that allows to enter arbitrary text instead of only the provided options. It combines multi-select with native auto-complete.
<script src="./tags.js" type="module"></script>
<select multiple data-tags> <optgroup label="Alaskan/Hawaiian Time Zone"> <option value="AK">Alaska</option> <option value="HI">Hawaii</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Pacific Time Zone"> <option value="CA">California</option> <option value="NV">Nevada</option> <option value="OR">Oregon</option> <option value="WA">Washington</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Mountain Time Zone"> <option value="AZ">Arizona</option> <option value="CO">Colorado</option> <option value="ID">Idaho</option> <option value="MT">Montana</option> <option value="NE">Nebraska</option> <option value="NM">New Mexico</option> <option value="ND">North Dakota</option> <option value="UT">Utah</option> <option value="WY">Wyoming</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Central Time Zone"> <option value="AL">Alabama</option> <option value="AR">Arkansas</option> <option value="IL">Illinois</option> <option value="IA">Iowa</option> <option value="KS">Kansas</option> <option value="KY">Kentucky</option> <option value="LA">Louisiana</option> <option value="MN">Minnesota</option> <option value="MS">Mississippi</option> <option value="MO">Missouri</option> <option value="OK">Oklahoma</option> <option value="SD">South Dakota</option> <option value="TX">Texas</option> <option value="TN">Tennessee</option> <option value="WI">Wisconsin</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Eastern Time Zone"> <option value="CT">Connecticut</option> <option value="DE">Delaware</option> <option value="FL">Florida</option> <option value="GA">Georgia</option> <option value="IN">Indiana</option> <option value="ME">Maine</option> <option value="MD">Maryland</option> <option value="MA">Massachusetts</option> <option value="MI">Michigan</option> <option value="NH">New Hampshire</option> <option value="NJ">New Jersey</option> <option value="NY">New York</option> <option value="NC">North Carolina</option> <option value="OH">Ohio</option> <option value="PA">Pennsylvania</option> <option value="RI">Rhode Island</option> <option value="SC">South Carolina</option> <option value="VT">Vermont</option> <option value="VA">Virginia</option> <option value="WV">West Virginia</option> </optgroup> </select>
Changelog:
08/31/2023
- use aria-described-by instead of aria-polite for values
08/11/2023
- CSS fixed
08/09/2023
- update
06/13/2023
- make last line half visible
01/17/2023
- refactor validation
11/09/2022
- trigger updateValue() on click on value
09/01/2022
- tags: allow to use different separators
07/28/2022
- fix dropdown z-index
- reset custom validity on setValue
- allow to customize classes
06/18/2022
- use dedicated class for values
- add tags.js
Hi. Very nice tool, thank you very much! Is there any way to not show the “value” data in the list?