jQuery-dropdownlist

A jQuery plugin that makes it easy to transform any html-element with children into a dropdownlist.

Features

• Single- and multiselect support
• Full keyboard support
• Automatically generates form fields with the desired names
• Search text for autocomplete or filtering
• Programmatic access to the dropdown for manipulating selection
• Easy to set up with data-attributes inside your html elements
• Easy to adapt either by changing the defaults or providing options in-line

Basic usage

Includes:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="Content/jquery-dropdownlist.min.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="Content/jquery-dropdownlist.style.min.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/jquery-dropdownlist.min.js"></script>

Html:

<div id="example-dropdown" data-multiselect="true" data-field-name="example-value" data-text-search="true">
    <div data-select-all="true">Select all options</div>
    <div data-value="1">Choice number 1</div>
    <div data-value="1a">Option 1a</div>
    <div data-value="2" data-selected="true">Second choice</div>
    <div data-value="3">Final option</div>
</div>

Javascript:

$('#example-dropdown').dropdownlist();

This will generate a dropdownlist with multiselect enabled, an element for select/deselect all and a filter will be visible inside the dropdownlist. The input fields will have the values mentioned in the data-value attribute and the name "example-value".

Styling

The dropdownlist only provides very basic styling in the provided style sheet jquery-dropdownlist.style.css; you can use this as a template to create your own style. The various css classes the dropdownlist uses are:

• .dropdownlist is the main container for the dropdown
• .dropdownlist-selector is the selector element that is clicked to expand the dropdown
• .dropdownlist-selector-text is where the selected item text is displayed
• .dropdownlist-selector-toggle is the toggle arrow in the default style
• .dropdownlist-search is the search/autocomplete input
• .dropdownlist-list is the list that gets displayed/hidden and includes the original element
• .dropdownlist-list-up is applied to the dropdownlist when it opens upwards instead of downwards in dynamic mode
• .dropdownlist-field are the input fields; checkboxes are displayed in multiselect

Documentation

Full documentation can be found at the wiki