select2/pages/01.getting-started/chapter.md

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Select2

The jQuery replacement for select boxes

Select2 gives you a customizable select box with support for searching, tagging, remote data sets, infinite scrolling, and many other highly used options.

In your language

Select2 comes with support for RTL environments, searching with diacritics and over 40 languages built-in.

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      <h4>Remote data support</h4>
      <p>
        <a href="{{base_url_absolute}}/data-sources/ajax">Using AJAX</a> you can efficiently
        search large lists of items.
      </p>
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      <h4>Theming</h4>
      <p>
        Fully skinnable, CSS built with Sass and an
        <a href="https://github.com/select2/select2-bootstrap-theme">optional theme for Bootstrap 3</a>.
      </p>
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    <h4>Fully extensible</h4>
    <p>
      The <a href="{{base_url_absolute}}/advanced">plugin system</a>
      allows you to easily customize Select2 to work exactly how you want it
      to.
    </p>
  </div>

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    <h4>Dynamic item creation</h4>
    <p>
      Allow users to type in a new option and
      <a href="{{base_url_absolute}}/tagging">add it on the fly</a>.
    </p>
  </div>

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    <h4>Full browser support</h4>
    <p>Support for both modern and legacy browsers is built-in, even including Internet Explorer 8.</p>
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