Easy Select

Demo: https://easy-select.netlify.app

Getting started

CDN

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/viivue/easy-select@4.1.2/dist/easy-select.min.css">

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/viivue/easy-select@4.1.2/dist/easy-select.min.js"></script>

NPM Package

Install NPM package

npm i @viivue/easy-select

Import

import "@viivue/easy-select";
import "@viivue/easy-select/dist/easy-select.min.css";

Initialize

With HTML

Using these HTML attributes to initialize without JavaScript.

<!-- Init with HTML attribute -->
<select data-easy-select>
    <option value="1">One</option>
    <option value="2">Two - Hai</option>
    <option value="3">Three - 第三的</option>
</select>

With JavaScript

Assume that we have the HTML like below

<select id="my-select">
    <option value="1">One</option>
    <option value="2">Two - Hai</option>
    <option value="3">Three - 第三的</option>
</select>

// jQuery plugin
jQuery('#my-select').easySelect();

// DOM element
EasySelect.init(document.querySelector('#my-select'));

// jQuery element
EasySelect.init(jQuery('#my-select'));

// CSS selector string
EasySelect.init('#my-select');

Options

All options are optional.

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
id	string	Auto-generated ID	Set an ID to access this select later with EasySelect.get()
nativeSelect	boolean	false	Use native select instead of a custom dropdown
align	string	"left"	Set alignment for dropdown. Could be "top" or "top right". Visit demo page for full options.
closeOnChange	boolean	true	Close dropdown on value changes.
search	boolean	false	Show a field to search options inside the dropdown.
emptySearchText	string	"There are no options"	Text when no search results found
searchPlaceHolder	string	"Type to search..."	Placeholder for the search input

EasySelect.init('#my-select', {
    id: 'my-select',
    align: "top right"
});

Set options via HTML

Pass a string to use as ID

<!-- Init with custom ID -->
<select data-easy-select="my-id">
    <option value="1">One</option>
</select>

Pass a valid JSON to use as options

<!-- Init with options -->
<select data-easy-select='{ "id":"my-id", "align":"right" }'>
    <option value="1">One</option>
</select>

⚠️ Options set in HTML must be valid JSON. Keys need to be quoted, for example "align":"right".

Methods

Usage	Description
instance.toggle()	Toggle open/close
instance.open()	Open dropdown
instance.close()	Close dropdown
instance.disable()	Disable select
instance.disableOption(optionValue, disabled)	Disable/enable an option
instance.enable()	Enable select
instance.refresh()	Refresh select when original select changes with new HTML
instance.destroy()	Destroy select, return original HTML
instance.select(value)	Select a value
instance.add(value, label)	Add new option with value and label
instance.on(eventName, callback)	Assign events

// init
EasySelect.init('#my-select', {
    id: 'my-select'
});

// get instance
const instance = EasySelect.get('my-select');

// use method
instance.open();

Events

Usage	Description
beforeInit: data => {}	Before init
onInit: data => {}	After init
onRefresh: data => {}	After refresh
onChange: data => {}	After value changed, the same as select.addEventListener('change',()=>{})
onDestroy: data => {}	After destroy
onDisable: data => {}	After disable
onEnable: data => {}	After enable
onOpen: data => {}	After open
onClose: data => {}	After close
onToggle: data => {}	After toggle, before open or close
onAdded: data => {}	After a new item was added successfully

EasySelect.init('#my-select', {
    id: 'my-select',
    onChange: data => {
        console.log(data);
    }
});

// add event via method on()
const instance = EasySelect.get('my-select');
instance.on('change', () => {
    // do something
});

Deployment

# Run dev server
npm run dev

# Build dev site
npm run build

# Generate production files
npm run prod

License

MIT License

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