Multiselect
Version v1.2.2
Copyright © 2012-2016 Martijn van der Lee (http://martijn.vanderlee.com). MIT Open Source license applies.
Simple multiple select drop-in replacement with checkboxes.
Features
- Standard look & feel; tries to match original multiple select.
- Click on any part of the item to select or deselect.
- (De)select by dragging with mouse button down.
- (De)select ranges by mouse click - shift+click.
- Respects selected state.
- Respects disabled state.
- Rich rendering of options possible.
- Triggers change() on original multiple select.
- Recognizes form reset.
- Readout original multiple select as normal (using .val()).
- Works for single selects as well.
Download
jQuery v1.6.0 or higher required.
Current version: https://github.com/vanderlee/multiselect/archive/master.zip
Sourcecode on Github: https://github.com/vanderlee/multiselect
Documentation
'.multiselect(options)'
- Include the multiselect .css and .js files.
- Create a standard HTML multiple select element.
- Call
.multiselect()on the element. Options optional.
Options
- width undefined
undefined (default): match original component exactly.
'fit': match original component width plus additional space to fit the checkbox.
numeric: use the specified amount of pixels.
css-units: use the specified css-units as-is.
- height undefined
undefined (default): match original component exactly.
numeric: use the specified amount of pixels.
css-units: use the specified css-units as-is.
- markChange false
if true, options are marked with semi-transparency when unchanged.
- min null
if specified, you cannot select less than the specified limit. Initially, less options may be selected, so make sure you doublecheck any forms that rely on this limit.
- max null
if specified, you cannot select more than the specified limit. Initially, more options may be selected, so make sure you doublecheck any forms that rely on this limit.
Events
- showOption
Callback function that lets you provide rich text or HTML for an option.
The callback provides the original text, option value and index number of the option.
HTML attributes
- multiple="multiple"
If specified, by default you can select anywhere from zero to all options.
If not specified, a single select is assumed where you can only select exactly one option.
- min=""
If specified, user cannot select less than the specified number of options.
This attribute overwrites the min option and/or multiple="multiple" attribute.
- max=""
If specified, user cannot select more than the specified number of options.
This attribute overwrites the min option and/or multiple="multiple" attribute.