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Chosen turns long native select boxes into searchable, keyboard-friendly controls. This repository is the maintained continuation of Harvest Chosen, with jQuery and Prototype adapters and the original form-control contract intact.

Start here

I want to…	Read…
Install Chosen or upgrade from Harvest Chosen	Getting started
Use Chosen without a framework	Vanilla JavaScript edition
Use Chosen without jQuery in React	React edition
Find an option, event, or update method	Configuration and API
Change colors, dimensions, or search highlighting	Styling and themes
Understand focus, labels, and keyboard behavior	Accessibility and keyboard
Diagnose browser, layout, or dynamic-update trouble	Browser support and troubleshooting
Build, test, or contribute to the fork	Maintaining and contributing
See how we've handled Harvest's open issues	Harvest issue review

Try it

• jQuery demo
• Prototype demo
• Vanilla JavaScript demo
• React demo
• Options and API reference
• Latest release

Install

npm install chosen-jjj

composer require jjj/chosen

The distributed JavaScript, CSS, and SCSS files live in dist/. See Getting started for markup, initialization, and upgrade notes.

Project status

Chosen is maintained here as a real fork. New work preserves the native <select> beneath the enhanced interface, keeps existing defaults stable, and checks behavior across the jQuery, Prototype, Vanilla JavaScript, and React editions.

See the changelog for release history and developer notes about markup changes.