maxOptions: Value for "unlimited"

[ThomasLandauer]

I'm suggesting a value for maxOptions that doesn't limit the number at all, and always shows every <option> that's included in the <select>: Maybe null, or 0, or -1 etc.

If this is already possible, it needs to be documented at https://tom-select.js.org/docs/ :-)

[pwbzh]

It took me a while to understand that there was a limit to the number of entries !

I propose that there be no default limit. The normal behavior of a select is to display everything.

[ivanpoznyak]

not sure if you found the solution or not already, but based on implementation this option takes effect only if it is provided as a number
So providing some value (null didn't work for me), but something like an '' or false - worked.

TomSelect.new({ ..., maxOptions: false, ...})

I still think that it would be better to have it work the other way around as @pwbzh described - no limit by default, if the option is there - apply it. And obviously document it properly

[ThomasLandauer]

I added this to the docs: #313
I took false ( instead of ''), cause it looks nicer to me :-)

[oyejorge]

null didn't work for me

That seems to be a mistake, for example.

null would also be consistent with maxItems

[kreintjes]

@oyejorge (or somebody else) why is there such a low default limit (50) on the maxOptions value?

It seems to cause confusion that not all items are displayed, see the reactions in this thread and also #608. We recently switched from Select2 to TomSelect and our users also were confused by this, they thought lots of options were gone and didn't know they had to search. Granted just scrolling to a dropdown of 1000 items might not always be the quickest solution either, but it can give some inspiration on what to search for.

If there is a limit and it is enforced then maybe TomSelect can show a message at the end: "More options available, use the search function". That way it is clear to the user that there actually are more results.

Ps. Thanks for this nice select2 alternative without jQuery!