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Multiple Selector

Fast, composable, fully-featured multiple selector for React.

About

This component is inspired by Fancy Multi Select and includes additional features that React-Select offers.

It is built on top of Command component in shadcn-ui, which is base on cmdk.

  • Async search with debounce.
  • Creatable selector — create option when there is no option matched.
  • Grouping functionality.
  • Working with react-hook-form.
  • Customize your own loading spinner and empty indicator by giving props.
  • Fixed options, maximum selected count, maximum input text length.
  • Ability to disable the default selection of the first item.(see more about the issue)

Installation

Run the following command

pnpm dlx @shadext/cli add multiple-selector

Example

Disable Option

Disabled

nextjs
React
Remix

Disable First Item selected

The first item selected is a default behavior by cmdk and there is no way to control it. You can learn more about the issue.

Here is a workaround solution: by adding a dummy item.

Controlled Component

Your selection:

Hide Clear All Button

Creatable Selector

Create option when there is no option matched.

Async Search with Debounce

The async search is debounced by default. The delay time is 500ms if you do not provide it.

You can provide delay to customize the time. The delay prop only works with onSearch.

The empty text will not trigger the search. On the other hand, if the search had been triggered, and user delete all the texts, it will not trigger the search again and keep the current options with empty text.

Is request been triggered? false

Trigger Search on Focus

Only works with onSearch prop. Trigger search when onFocus.

For example, when user click on the input, it will trigger the search to get initial options.

The empty text will trigger the search.

Is request been triggered? false

Async Search with Debounce and Creatable

If you combine the async search and creatable, you can create option when there is no option matched.

Is request been triggered? false

Async Search and Creatable and Group

If you combine the async search and creatable and group, you can still create option when there is no option matched.

Is request been triggered? false

Sync Search without loading indicator

Sync search is for search locally without any request to the server. This will not show loading indicator even if you provide it. The rest props are the same as async search. i.e.: creatable,groupBy, delay.

Sync search

Creatable

GroupBy

Debounce

Manually Controlled Options

If you want to controlled options yourself, you can provide options prop.

Otherwise, defaultOptions is a better choice.

Grouped

Grouping options by specific key of object

Maximum Selected Count

Following example is set to 3. The default of max selected is Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER

Maximum Text Length

Following example is set to 5.

Hide Placeholder When Selected

If you would like to work as a normal input that hide the placeholder when there are options selected.

Just set hidePlaceholderWhenSelected to true

Fixed Options

Provide fixed: true in your value

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React

ref

CommandProps and CommandInputProps Customization

Is focus? false

You can open console and search command description and input description to check the customization of aria-description.

Form

API Reference

Props

The SmartDatetimeInput component accepts the following props:

valueOption[][]
defaultOptions
Option[]
[]
options
Option[]
placeholder
string
""
hidePlaceholderWhenSelected
boolean
false
onChange
(options: Option[]) => void
disabled
boolean
false
delay
number
500
triggerSearchOnFocus
boolean
false
onSearch
(value: string) => Promise<Option[]>
onSearchSync
(value: string) => Option[]
creatable
boolean
false
groupBy
string
maxSelected
number
Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
onMaxSelected
(maxLimit: number) => void
loadingIndicator
ReactNode
emptyIndicator
ReactNode
selectFirstItem
boolean
true
className
string
badgeClassName
string
ref
React.RefObject<MultipleSelectorRef>
commandProps
React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof Command>
inputProps
Omit<React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof CommandPrimitive.Input>, "value" | "placeholder" | "disabled">
hideClearAllButton
boolean