Choices

How to use Choices

Choices.js is a plugin that provides you with a customizable and lightweight way to create select boxes and text inputs. To start using Choices, you need to follow these steps:

1. Download the Choices library: You can download Choices from the official website or install it via npm.

2. Add Choices to your project: Once you have downloaded Choices, you need to add it to your project. You can do this by including it in your HTML file as a script tag, or by importing it into your JavaScript file.

<script src="path/to/choices.js"></script>

1. Create a select box or text input: To create a select box or text input using Choices, you need to define an HTML element and assign it a unique ID.

<select id="my-select">
  <option value="Option 1">Option 1</option>
  <option value="Option 2">Option 2</option>
  <option value="Option 3">Option 3</option>
</select>

1. Initialize Choices: Once you have created your select box or text input, you need to initialize Choices on the element.

const mySelect = document.getElementById('my-select');
const choices = new Choices(mySelect);

1. Customize Choices: Choices.js provides many configuration options that allow you to customize the appearance and behavior of your select box or text input. For example, you can customize the placeholder text, the search threshold, the number of items displayed, and more.

const choices = new Choices(mySelect, {
  placeholder: true,
  placeholderValue: 'Choose an option',
  searchEnabled: false,
  shouldSort: false,
  itemSelectText: '',
  maxItemCount: 5,
  renderChoiceLimit: -1
});

Once you have configured Choices to your liking, you can interact with the select box or text input just like you would with a regular form element.