select

modern <select>. (WIP)

see the demo

var Select = require('select');

var select = Select()
  .label('Select a language')
  .multiple()
  .add('Javascript')
  .add('Google Go')
  .add('Bash')
  .add('Ruby')
  .add('Lua')
  .add('C++')
  .add('C', 200)
  .select('Jasvascript')
  .select('Google Go')
  .deselect('Google Go')
  .select('c');

document.body.appendChild(select.el);

select.on('change', function(){
  console.log(select.values());
  // => ['javascript', 200]
});

Installation

Install with component(1):

$ component install yields/select

API

Select()

Initialize a new Select.

.unbind()

Unbind internal events.

.label(label)

Set the label.

.multiple([label])

Allow multiple selections.

.searchable([label])

Allow search.

add(name[, value [, el]])

Add an option with name and optional value.

An option el can be given, this can be either html string or native Element.

add('js', 0, '<li><img src="js.jpg">Javascript')

remove(name)

Remove an option with name.

empty()

Remove all options.

select(name)

Select an option with name.

deselect(name)

De-select name.

focus()

Focus <input>.

blur()

Blur <input>.

highlight(name)

Highlight an option by name.

When an option is in "highlight" mode, it will be selected when the user hits enter.

dehighlight()

De-highlight "highlight"ed option

get(name)

Get an option with name.

show([name])

Show the dropdown or option name.

hide([name])

Hide the dropdown or option name.

visible([name])

Check if option name or dropdown are visible.

toggle([name])

Toggle .show([name]), .hide([name]).

disable(name)

Disable an option name.

enable(name)

Enable an option name.

selected([options])

Get / set selected options.

values()

Get selected values.

search(term)

Search options with term, if there are listeners for search event, the .search() method will do nothing. this allows you to set up custom search.

var select = Select()
  .add('one')
  .add('two')
  .on('search', function(term){
    ajax(term, function(opts){
      opts.forEach(select.add, select);
      select.highlight(opts[0].name);
    })
  })

Events

"add"

Emitted when you add an option with an object:

{
  name: <lowercase option name>
  value: <the option value>
  el: <the element>
  selected: <true if the option is selected>
}

"remove"

Emitted when an option is removed, option object is given as an argument.

"select"

Emitted when an option is selected.

{
  name: <lowercase option name>
  value: <the option value>
  el: <the element>
  selected: <true if the option is selected>
}

"change"

Emitted with Select instance.

"deselect"

Emitted with an option object.

"show"

Emitted when the select dropdown is shown.

"hide"

Emitted when the select dropdown is hidden.

"search"

Emitted when .search(term) is called, if there are listeners the method .search(term) will do nothing.

"found"

Emitted after a search was performed with number of matches.

Tests

$ make test

License

MIT