85 lines
3.0 KiB
HTML
85 lines
3.0 KiB
HTML
<section>
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<h2 id="placeholder">
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How can I have Select2 display a placeholder?
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</h2>
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<p>
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Select2 supports displaying a placeholder by default using the <code>placeholder</code> option. This can be either a data object matching the placeholder option, or a string to display as the placeholder if you are using a blank placeholder option.
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</p>
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{% highlight js linenos %}
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$('select').select2({
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placeholder: 'Select an option'
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});
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{% endhighlight %}
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<h3>
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My first option is being displayed instead of my placeholder
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</h3>
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<p>
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This usually means that you do not have a blank <code><option></option></code> as the first option in your <code><select></code>.
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</p>
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<p>
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Note that this does not apply to multiple selects, as the browser does not select the first option by default when multiple selections can be made.
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</p>
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<h3>
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I am using AJAX, can I still show a placeholder?
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</h3>
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<p>
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Yes, Select2 supports placeholders for all configurations. You will still need to add in the placeholder option if you are using a single select.
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</p>
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<h3>
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Can I use an option without a blank value as my placeholder?
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</h3>
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<p>
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The <code>placeholder</code> option allows you to pass in a data object instead of just a string if you need more flexibility. The <code>id</code> of the data object should match the <code>value</code> of the placeholder option.
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</p>
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{% highlight js linenos %}
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$('select').select2({
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placeholder: {
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id: '-1', // the value of the option
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text: 'Select an option'
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}
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});
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{% endhighlight %}
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<h3>
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Can I change how the placeholder looks?
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</h3>
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<p>
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When using Select2 <strong>when only a single selection can be made</strong>, the placeholder option will be passed through the standard templating methods, including the <code>templateSelection</code> option, so you are able to change how it is displayed.
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{% highlight js linenos %}
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$('select').select2({
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templateResult: function (data) {
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if (data.id === '') { // adjust for custom placeholder values
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return 'Custom styled placeholder text';
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}
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return data.text;
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}
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});
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{% endhighlight %}
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<p>
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<strong>When multiple selections are allowed</strong>, the placeholder will be displayed using the <code>placeholder</code> attribute on the search box. You can customize the display of this placeholder using CSS, as explained in the following Stack Overflow answer: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/2610497/359284">Change an input's HTML5 placeholder color with CSS</a>
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</p>
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<h3>
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My placeholders aren't being displayed in Internet Explorer
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</h3>
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<p>
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Select2 uses the native <code>placeholder</code> attribute on input boxes for the multiple select, and that attribute is not supported in older versions of Internet Explorer. You need to include <a href="https://github.com/jamesallardice/Placeholders.js">Placeholders.js</a> on your page, or use the full build, in order to add <code>placeholder</code> attribute support to input boxes.
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</p>
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</section>
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