Creating a select box with a search option

I am trying to replicate what you can see here in this image. enter image description here

I want to be able to either type in the text field above the box or just click on the option directly.

What would be the best way to go about that? Is there anything bootstrap related that exists already?

Solution 1:

This simple code worked for me

<input list="brow">
<datalist id="brow">
  <option value="Internet Explorer">
  <option value="Firefox">
  <option value="Chrome">
  <option value="Opera">
  <option value="Safari">
</datalist>

Incase you need to use only select tag use Selectize Js. It has all options we require .Please Try It Demo using Selectize Js

Solution 2:

Selectize Js has all options we require .Please Try It

  $(document).ready(function () {
      $('select').selectize({
          sortField: 'text'
      });
  });

<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/selectize.js/0.12.6/js/standalone/selectize.min.js" integrity="sha256-+C0A5Ilqmu4QcSPxrlGpaZxJ04VjsRjKu+G82kl5UJk=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/selectize.js/0.12.6/css/selectize.bootstrap3.min.css" integrity="sha256-ze/OEYGcFbPRmvCnrSeKbRTtjG4vGLHXgOqsyLFTRjg=" crossorigin="anonymous" />
</head>
<body>
  <select id="select-state" placeholder="Pick a state...">
    <option value="">Select a state...</option>
    <option value="AL">Alabama</option>
    <option value="AK">Alaska</option>
    <option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
    <option value="AR">Arkansas</option>
    <option value="CA">California</option>
    <option value="CO">Colorado</option>
    <option value="CT">Connecticut</option>
    <option value="DE">Delaware</option>
    <option value="DC">District of Columbia</option>
    <option value="FL">Florida</option>
    <option value="GA">Georgia</option>
    <option value="HI">Hawaii</option>
    <option value="ID">Idaho</option>
    <option value="IL">Illinois</option>
    <option value="IN">Indiana</option>
  </select>
</body>
</html>

Solution 3:

Select2 http://select2.github.io may be even better and more active than Chosen.

See this comparison: http://sitepoint.com/jquery-select-box-components-chosen-vs-select2

I went for Select2 (a few months ago) because Chosen had an issue when using Chinese characters via an IME http://github.com/harvesthq/chosen/issues/2663 It works great.

Solution 4:

Full option searchable select box

This also supports Control buttons keyboards such as ArrowDown ArrowUp and Enter keys

function filterFunction(that, event) {
    let container, input, filter, li, input_val;
    container = $(that).closest(".searchable");
    input_val = container.find("input").val().toUpperCase();

    if (["ArrowDown", "ArrowUp", "Enter"].indexOf(event.key) != -1) {
        keyControl(event, container)
    } else {
        li = container.find("ul li");
        li.each(function (i, obj) {
            if ($(this).text().toUpperCase().indexOf(input_val) > -1) {
                $(this).show();
            } else {
                $(this).hide();
            }
        });

        container.find("ul li").removeClass("selected");
        setTimeout(function () {
            container.find("ul li:visible").first().addClass("selected");
        }, 100)
    }
}

function keyControl(e, container) {
    if (e.key == "ArrowDown") {

        if (container.find("ul li").hasClass("selected")) {
            if (container.find("ul li:visible").index(container.find("ul li.selected")) + 1 < container.find("ul li:visible").length) {
                container.find("ul li.selected").removeClass("selected").nextAll().not('[style*="display: none"]').first().addClass("selected");
            }

        } else {
            container.find("ul li:first-child").addClass("selected");
        }

    } else if (e.key == "ArrowUp") {

        if (container.find("ul li:visible").index(container.find("ul li.selected")) > 0) {
            container.find("ul li.selected").removeClass("selected").prevAll().not('[style*="display: none"]').first().addClass("selected");
        }
    } else if (e.key == "Enter") {
        container.find("input").val(container.find("ul li.selected").text()).blur();
        onSelect(container.find("ul li.selected").text())
    }

    container.find("ul li.selected")[0].scrollIntoView({
        behavior: "smooth",
    });
}

function onSelect(val) {
    alert(val)
}

$(".searchable input").focus(function () {
    $(this).closest(".searchable").find("ul").show();
    $(this).closest(".searchable").find("ul li").show();
});
$(".searchable input").blur(function () {
    let that = this;
    setTimeout(function () {
        $(that).closest(".searchable").find("ul").hide();
    }, 300);
});

$(document).on('click', '.searchable ul li', function () {
    $(this).closest(".searchable").find("input").val($(this).text()).blur();
    onSelect($(this).text())
});

$(".searchable ul li").hover(function () {
    $(this).closest(".searchable").find("ul li.selected").removeClass("selected");
    $(this).addClass("selected");
});

div.searchable {
    width: 300px;
    float: left;
    margin: 0 15px;
}

.searchable input {
    width: 100%;
    height: 50px;
    font-size: 18px;
    padding: 10px;
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; /* Safari/Chrome, other WebKit */
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box; /* Firefox, other Gecko */
    box-sizing: border-box; /* Opera/IE 8+ */
    display: block;
    font-weight: 400;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: #495057;
    background-color: #fff;
    background-clip: padding-box;
    border: 1px solid #ced4da;
    border-radius: .25rem;
    transition: border-color .15s ease-in-out, box-shadow .15s ease-in-out;
    background: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 4 5'%3E%3Cpath fill='%23343a40' d='M2 0L0 2h4zm0 5L0 3h4z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E") no-repeat right .75rem center/8px 10px;
}

.searchable ul {
    display: none;
    list-style-type: none;
    background-color: #fff;
    border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
    border: 1px solid #add8e6;
    border-top: none;
    max-height: 180px;
    margin: 0;
    overflow-y: scroll;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    padding: 0;
}

.searchable ul li {
    padding: 7px 9px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1;
    cursor: pointer;
    color: #6e6e6e;
}

.searchable ul li.selected {
    background-color: #e8e8e8;
    color: #333;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="searchable">
    <input type="text" placeholder="search countries" onkeyup="filterFunction(this,event)">
    <ul>
        <li>Algeria</li>
        <li>Bulgaria</li>
        <li>Canada</li>
        <li>Egypt</li>
        <li>Fiji</li>
        <li>India</li>
        <li>Japan</li>
        <li>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</li>
        <li>Lao People's Democratic Republic</li>
        <li>Micronesia (Federated States of)</li>
        <li>Nicaragua</li>
        <li>Senegal</li>
        <li>Tajikistan</li>
        <li>Yemen</li>
    </ul>
</div>

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