JQuery Select2 - How to select all options

I'm using jQuery select2 multi select dropdown. I need to select all options in a dropdown from code. Basically there is a Select All checkbox on which this functionality has to be implemented, I want to select/deselect options from this checkbox.

Solution 1:

using Select 2 DEMO

$("#e1").select2();
$("#checkbox").click(function(){
    if($("#checkbox").is(':checked') ){
        $("#e1 > option").prop("selected","selected");// Select All Options
        $("#e1").trigger("change");// Trigger change to select 2
    }else{
        $("#e1 > option").removeAttr("selected");
        $("#e1").trigger("change");// Trigger change to select 2
     }
});

$("#button").click(function(){
       alert($("#e1").val());
});
<select multiple id="e1" style="width:300px">
        <option value="AL">Alabama</option>
        <option value="Am">Amalapuram</option>
        <option value="An">Anakapalli</option>
        <option value="Ak">Akkayapalem</option>
        <option value="WY">Wyoming</option>
    </select>
<input type="checkbox" id="checkbox" >Select All

<input type="button" id="button" value="check Selected">

You need code As shown in DEMO2 for Simple Select

$("#checkbox").click(function(){
    if($("#checkbox").is(':checked') ){
        $("select > option").prop("selected","selected");
    }else{
        $("select > option").removeAttr("selected");
     }
});

$("#button").click(function(){
       alert($("select").val());
});

<select multiple size=2>
  <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
  <option value="saab">Saab</option>
  <option value="opel">Opel</option>
  <option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select> <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox" >Select All

<input type="button" id="button" value="check Selected">

Solution 2:

Answer from here works pretty good.

// Select all
$('#select-id').select2('destroy').find('option').prop('selected', 'selected').end().select2();

// Unselect all
$('#select-id').select2('destroy').find('option').prop('selected', false).end().select2();

Solution 3:

There is a description in thread on github. Quoting (https://github.com/ivaynberg/select2/issues/195#issuecomment-13489140 by MortadaAK) which allows you to select everything on ctrl+a

$(document).on("keypress",".select2-input",function(event){
    if (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) {
        var id =$(this).parents("div[class*='select2-container']").attr("id").replace("s2id_","");
        var element =$("#"+id);
        if (event.which == 97){
            var selected = [];
            element.find("option").each(function(i,e){
                selected[selected.length]=$(e).attr("value");
            });
            element.select2("val", selected);
        } else if (event.which == 100){
            element.select2("val", "");
        }
    }
});

Solution 4:

you could do it for one string

$('select.your-select option').attr('selected', true).parent().trigger('change')

Solution 5:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#checkbox").click(function(){
      if($("#checkbox").is(':checked') ){ //select all
        $("#e1").find('option').prop("selected",true);
        $("#e1").trigger('change');
      } else { //deselect all
        $("#e1").find('option').prop("selected",false);
        $("#e1").trigger('change');
      }
  });
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select multiple id="e1" style="width:300px">
        <option value="AL">Alabama</option>     //AJAX created
        <option value="Am">Amalapuram</option>  //AJAX created
        <option value="An">Anakapalli</option>  //AJAX created
        <option value="Ak">Akkayapalem</option> //AJAX created
        <option value="WY">Wyoming</option>     //AJAX created
    </select>
    <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox" >Select All

If options are created after AJAX request then these options don't work. So we map them with find and select/unselect them , after that trigger change.

HTML

 <select multiple id="e1" style="width:300px">
        <option value="AL">Alabama</option>     //AJAX created
        <option value="Am">Amalapuram</option>  //AJAX created
        <option value="An">Anakapalli</option>  //AJAX created
        <option value="Ak">Akkayapalem</option> //AJAX created
        <option value="WY">Wyoming</option>     //AJAX created
    </select>
    <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox" >Select All

JS

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#checkbox").click(function(){
      if($("#checkbox").is(':checked') ){ //select all
        $("#e1").find('option').prop("selected",true);
        $("#e1").trigger('change');
      } else { //deselect all
        $("#e1").find('option').prop("selected",false);
        $("#e1").trigger('change');
      }
  });
});

just use find.