Multiselect

Multiselect - Multiselect component

The total count of selected items will be displayed as the placeholder text when the multiselect is collapsed.
When items are selected they will be shown as dismissible badges above the filter input when the multiselect has focus.
If at least one item is selected, there will be a clear all button displayed in place of the dropdown chevron when the multiselect has focus.
Selected items are displayed at the top of the dropdown for easy access (refreshed on multiselect collapse).

Pick Something

html

<KMultiselect label="Pick Something" :items="items" />

Props

items

An array of items containing a label and value.

You may also specify:

a certain item is selected by default
a certain item is disabled
certain items are grouped under a group

TIP

If an item is specified with selected: true and disabled: true, then the item will be selected, disabled in the dropdown list, and the dismiss button will be removed, meaning a user cannot remove the selected item.

You can specify disabledTooltipText property to customize the disabled tooltip that appears when hovering over the lock icon. Defaults to This item cannot be removed.

html

<KMultiselect :items="[{
    label: 'Cats',
    value: 'cats',
    selected: true
  }, {
    label: 'Dogs',
    value: 'dogs',
    selected: true,
    disabled: true,
    disabledTooltipText: 'This item is disabled and cannot be removed'
  }, {
    label: 'Bunnies',
    value: 'bunnies',
    selected: true
  },
  {
    label: 'Lions',
    value: 'lions',
    disabled: true,
    disabledTooltipText: 'This item is disabled and cannot be selected'
  }, {
    label: 'Tigers',
    value: 'tigers',
    disabled: true
  }, {
    label: 'Bears',
    value: 'bears'
  }, {
    label: 'A long & truncated item',
    value: 'long'
  }, {
    label: 'Duck',
    value: 'duck',
    group: 'Birds'
  },{
    label: 'Salmon',
    value: 'salmon',
    group: 'Fish'
  }, {
    label: 'Oriole',
    value: 'oriole',
    group: 'Birds'
  }, {
    label: 'Trout',
    value: 'trout',
    group: 'Fish'
  }]"
/>

enableItemCreation

KMultiselect can offer users the ability to add custom items to the list by typing the item they want to and then clicking the ... (Add new value) item at the bottom of the list, which will also automatically select it.

Newly created items will have a label consisting of the user input and a randomly generated id for the value to ensure uniqueness. It will also have an attribute custom set to true. This action triggers an item:added event containing the added item data.

Deselecting the item will completely remove it from the list and underlying data, and trigger a item:removed event containing the removed item's data.

NOTE

You cannot add an item if the label matches the label of a pre-existing item. In that scenario the ... (Add new value) item will not be displayed.

Value:

["cats","bunnies"]

Added Items:

[]

html

<template>
  <KLabel>Value:</KLabel> {{ mySelections }}
  <KLabel>Added Items:</KLabel> {{ addedItems }}
  <KMultiselect
    v-model="mySelections"
    :items="items"
    enable-item-creation
    @item:added="(item) => trackNewItems(item, true)"
    @item:removed="(item) => trackNewItems(item, false)"
  />
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
  const mySelections = ref(['cats','bunnies'])
  const addedItems = ref([])

  const trackNewItems = (item, added) => {
    if (added) {
      addedItems.value.push(item)
    } else {
      addedItems.value = addedItems.value.filter(anItem => anItem.value !== item.value)
    }
  }
</script>

label

The label for the select.

Cool label

html

<KMultiselect label="Cool label" :items="items" />

labelAttributes

Use the labelAttributes prop to configure the KLabel's props if using the label prop. This example shows using the label-attributes to set up a tooltip, see the slot section if you want to slot HTML into the tooltip rather than use plain text.

Name

html

<KMultiselect
  label="Name"
  :label-attributes="{
    help: 'I use the KLabel `help` prop',
    'data-testid': 'test'
  }"
  :items="items"
/>

width

You can pass a width string for the dropdown. By default the width is 300px. This is the width of the input, dropdown, and selected item. Currently we support numbers (will be converted to px), auto, and percentages for width.

NOTE

Because we are controlling the widths of multiple elements, we recommend using this prop to control the width instead of explicitly adding classes or styles to the KMultiselect component.

html

<KMultiselect width="80%" :items="items" />

selectedRowCount

Use this prop to customize the number of rows of selections to display when the multiselect has focus. By default, we display 2 rows of selections. Additional selections will be combined into an additional count badge if the number of selections would extend beyond the selection row count. You can hover over this badge to see the remaining selections.

html

<KMultiselect :selected-row-count="1" :items="items" />

collapsedContext

By default, we try to keep the KMultiselect display slim. This means that KMultiselect only takes up a single line when it doesn't have focus. You can set collapsedContext to true if you want to continue to see the selections even when KMultiselect doesn't have focus. Note: the selectedRowCount determines the maximum number of rows the KMultiselect will take up when collapsed.

html

<KMultiselect collapsed-context :items="items" />
<KMultiselect :selected-row-count="1" collapsed-context :items="items" />

expandSelected

By default, we try to keep the KMultiselect display slim. This means that KMultiselect only takes up a single line when it doesn't have focus, and when focused, if the selected entries would display beyond the selectedRowCount we collapse them into the additional count badge. You can set expandSelected to true if you want to continue to see the selections even when KMultiselect doesn't have focus. Instead of collapsing additional selections into the additional count badge we will allow you to scroll through all of your selections.

html

<KMultiselect expand-selected :items="items" />

dropdownMaxHeight

You can pass a dropdownMaxHeight string for the dropdown. By default, the dropdownMaxHeight is 300px. This is the maximum height of the KMultiselect dropdown when open. You can pass a number (will be converted to px), auto, percentages, or vh units.

html

<KMultiselect :items="items" dropdown-max-height="150" />

dropdownFooterText

Adds informational text to the bottom of the dropdown options which remains visible even if the content is scrolled. Can also be slotted.

html

<KMultiselect dropdown-footer-text="Sticky dropdown footer text" :items="items" />

dropdownFooterTextPosition

By default, the dropdown footer text will be stuck to the bottom of the dropdown and will always be visible even if the dropdown content is scrolled.

If you want to override the behaviour and have the footer text at the end of the dropdown list, use the value static. This ensures the footer text is visible only when the user scrolls to view the bottom of the list.

Accepted values: sticky (default) and static.

html

<KMultiselect dropdown-footer-text-position="static" dropdown-footer-text="Static dropdown footer text" :items="items" />

positionFixed

Use fixed positioning of the popover to avoid content being clipped by parental boundaries - defaults to true. See KPop docs for more information.

loading

You can use the loading prop to show a loading indicator in place of the chevron while fetching data from API. See autosuggest for a functional example.

html

<KMultiselect loading :items="items" />

filterFunc

Use this prop to override the default filter function if you want to do something like filter on an attribute other than label. Your filter function should take as parameter a JSON object containing the items to filter on (items) and the query string (query) and return the filtered items. See Slots for an example.

myCustomFilter ({ items, query }) {
  return items.filter(anItem => anItem.label.includes(query))
}

NOTE

filterFunc does not work with autosuggest enabled. For autosuggest, you are in charge of filtering the options, so KMultiselect won't filter them internally. See autosuggest for more details.

v-model

KMultiselect works as regular inputs do using v-model for data binding:

Value:

["cats","bunnies"]

html

<div>
  <KLabel>Value:</KLabel> {{ myVal }}
  <KMultiselect v-model="myVal" :items="items" />
  <KButton @click="clearIt">Clear</KButton>
</div>

<script lang="ts">
import { defineComponent } from 'vue'

export default defineComponent({
  data() {
    return {
      myVal: ['cats', 'bunnies'],
      items: [{
        label: 'Cats',
        value: 'cats',
        selected: true
      }, {
        label: 'Dogs',
        value: 'dogs',
        selected: true,
        disabled: true
      }, {
        label: 'Bunnies',
        value: 'bunnies',
        selected: true
      },
      {
        label: 'Lions',
        value: 'lions'
      }, {
        label: 'Tigers',
        value: 'tigers'
      }, {
        label: 'Bears',
        value: 'bears'
      }, {
        label: 'A long & truncated item',
        value: 'long'
      }]
    }
  },
  methods: {
    clearIt() {
      this.myVal = []
    }
  }
})
</script>

autosuggest

Add the autosuggest prop to trigger a query to an API with the filter keyword, and then update items asynchronously as suggestions as the user types. Empty state content can be configured using the empty slot.

NOTE

When using autosuggest, you MUST use v-model otherwise the Multiselect can't maintain an accurate list of which items are selected.

Value:

[]

html

<KMultiselect
  v-model="myAutoVal"
  autosuggest
  :items="items"
  :loading="loading"
  @query-change="onQueryChange"
>
  <template v-slot:item-template="{ item }">
    <div class="select-item-label">{{ item.label }}</div>
    <div class="select-item-desc">{{ item.label }}</div>
  </template>
  <template v-slot:empty>
    <div>No results found</div>
  </template>
</KMultiselect>

<script lang="ts">
const allItems = new Array(10).fill().map((_, i) => ({
  label: `Item ${i}`,
  description: `This is the description for item ${i}.`,
  value: `autosuggest-item-${i}`,
  ...(i > 5 && { group: `${i % 2 === 0 ? 'Even items greater than 5' : 'Odd items greater than 5'}` })
}));

export default {
  data() {
    return {
      myAutoVal: [],
      defaultItems: [],
      items: [],
      loading: false,
    }
  },
  methods: {
    onQueryChange (val) {
      if (val === '' && !this.defaultItems.length) {
        this.loading = true;
        // If query is empty and default items are not fetched, fetch them
        setTimeout(() => {
          this.defaultItems = allItems;
          this.items = this.defaultItems.map(item => Object.assign({}, item));
          this.loading = false;
        }, 200);
        return;
      }

      if (val === '') {
        // If query is empty and default items are fetched, use the default items
        this.items = this.defaultItems.map(item => Object.assign({}, item));
        return;
      }

      this.loading = true;

      // Otherwise fetch items that contain the keyword
      setTimeout(() => {
        this.items =
          allItems
            .filter(item => item.label.toLowerCase().includes(val.toLowerCase()) || item.description.toLowerCase().includes(val.toLowerCase()))
            .map(item => Object.assign({}, item));
        this.loading = false;
      }, 200);
    }
  }
}
</script>

autosuggest with debounce

NOTE

The query-change event triggers immediately when the user types in the input. If you need to send API requests in the query-change event handler, you may want to implement a debounce function. The following is an example:

html

<KMultiselect
  v-model="myDebounceAutoVal"
  autosuggest
  :items="items"
  :loading="loading"
  @query-change="onQueryChange"
>
  <template v-slot:item-template="{ item }">
    <div class="select-item-label">{{ item.label }}</div>
    <div class="select-item-desc">{{ item.label }}</div>
  </template>
</KMultiselect>

<script lang="ts">
function debounce(func, timeout) {
  let timer;
  return function (...args) {
    clearTimeout(timer);
    timer = setTimeout(() => {
      func.apply(this, args);
    }, timeout);
  };
}

const allItems = new Array(10).fill().map((_, i) => ({
  label: `Item ${i}`,
  description: `This is the description for item ${i}.`,
  value: `autosuggest-item-${i}`,
  ...(i > 5 && { group: `${i % 2 === 0 ? 'Even items greater than 5' : 'Odd items greater than 5'}` })
}));

export default {
  data() {
    return {
      myDebounceAutoVal: [],
      defaultItems: [],
      items: [],
      loading: true,
    }
  },
  methods: {
    onQueryChange (val) {
      if (val === '' && !this.defaultItems.length) {
        // If query is empty and default items are not fetched, fetch them
        this.loading = true;

        setTimeout(() => {
          this.defaultItems = allItems;
          this.items = this.defaultItems.map(item => Object.assign({}, item));
          this.loading = false;
        }, 200);
        return;
      }

      if (val === '') {
        // If query is empty and default items are fetched, use the default items
        this.items = this.defaultItems.map(item => Object.assign({}, item));

        return;
      }

      this.debouncedHandler(val);
    },
    debouncedHandler: debounce(function (val) {
      this.loading = true;
      // Fetch items that contain the keyword
      setTimeout(() => {
        this.items =
          allItems
            .filter(item => item.label.toLowerCase().includes(val.toLowerCase()) || item.description.toLowerCase().includes(val.toLowerCase()))
            .map(item => Object.assign({}, item));
        this.loading = false;
      }, 200);
    }, 400)
  }
}
</script>

Attribute Binding

You can pass any input attribute and it will get properly bound to the element.

html

<KMultiselect disabled placeholder="type something" :items="[{ label: 'test', value: 'test' }]" />

required

KMultiselect will display an * to indicate a field is required if you set the required attribute and provide a label. See KLabel's required prop for more information.

NOTE

Text passed in for the label will automatically strip any trailing * when used with the required attribute to try to prevent duplicate asterisks.

Name *

html

<KMultiselect label="Name" required :items="items" />

Slots

label-tooltip - slot for tooltip content if multiselect has a label and label has tooltip (note: this slot overrides help/info content specified in label-attributes)
item-template - The template for each item in the dropdown list
empty - Slot for the empty state in the dropdown list
dropdown-footer-text - Slot for footer text in the bottom of the dropdown

`label-tooltip`

If you want to utilize HTML in the multiselect label's tooltip, use the slot.

My Tooltip

html

<KMultiselect label="My Tooltip" :items="items">
  <template #label-tooltip>Brings all the <code>devs</code> to the yard</template>
</KMultiselect>

Note:

When utilizing the label-tooltip slot, the info KIcon will be shown by default. To utilize the the help icon instead, set the label-attributes help property to any non-empty string value.

My Tooltip

html

<KMultiselect
  label="My Tooltip"
  :label-attributes="{ help: 'true' }"
  :items="items"
>
  <template #label-tooltip>Brings all the <code>devs</code> to the yard</template>
</KMultiselect>

`item-template`

You can use the item-template slot to customize the look and feel of your items. Use slots to gain access to the item data.

TIP

If you use the .select-item-label and .select-item-desc classes within the slot as shown in the example below, the dropdown items will inherit preconfigured styles for two-level select items which you're then free to customize.

html

<KMultiselect :items="myItems" width="100%" :filterFunc="customFilter">
  <template v-slot:item-template="{ item }">
    <div class="select-item-label">{{ item.label }}</div>
    <div class="select-item-desc">{{ item.description }}</div>
  </template>
</KMultiselect>

<script lang="ts">
import { defineComponent } from 'vue'

export default defineComponent({
  data() {
    return {
      myItems: this.getItems(5),
    }
  },
  methods: {
    getItems(count) {
      let myItems = []
        for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
          myItems.push({
            label: `Item ${i}`,
            value: `item_${i}`,
            description: `${i} - The item's description for number ${i}`
          })
        }
      return myItems
    },
    customFilter (items, queryStr) {
      return items.filter(item => {
        return item.label.toLowerCase().includes(queryStr.toLowerCase()) ||
          item.description.toLowerCase().includes(queryStr.toLowerCase())
      })
    }
  }
})
</script>

`empty`

You can use the empty slot to customize the look of the dropdown list when there is no options. See autosuggest for an example of this slot.

`dropdown-footer-text`

Slot the content of the dropdown footer text. This slot will override the dropdownFooterText prop if provided.

html

<KMultiselect dropdown-footer-text="I am replaceable" :items="items">
  <template #dropdown-footer-text>
    Come as you are
  </template>
</KMultiselect>

Events

Event	Action	Returns
`selected`	an item is clicked	array of selected item objects
`update:modelValue`	selections are changed	array of selected item values
`change`	selections are changed	last item selected/deselected Object or null
`item:added`	enableItemCreation is true and an item is added	item object being added to selections
`item:removed`	enableItemCreation is true and an added item is deselected	item object being removed from selections
`query-change`	filter string is changed	`query` String

An example of hooking into events to modify newly created items (enableItemCreation) as they are added.

myItems:

[{"label":"200","value":200,"selected":true,"disabled":true},{"label":"400","value":400},{"label":"401","value":401},{"label":"404","value":404},{"label":"500","value":500}]

html

<template>
  <KMultiselect
    :items="myItems"
    enable-item-creation
    @item:added="item => handleAddedItem(item, true)"
    @item:removed="item => handleAddedItem(item, false)"
    @selected="handleSelection"
  />
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
import { ref } from 'vue'

const myItems = ref([
  {
    label: '200',
    value: 200,
    selected: true,
    disabled: true
  },
  {
    label: '400',
    value: 400
  },
  {
    label: '401',
    value: 401
  },
  {
    label: '404',
    value: 404
  },
  {
    label: '500',
    value: 500
  },
])

const handleAddedItem = (item, added) => {
  if (added) { // addition
    item.custom = true
    // mutate added items in some way
    item.value = `${item.label}-overridden`
    myItems.value.push(item)
  } else { // removal
    myItems.value = myItems.value.filter(anItem => anItem.value !== item.value)
  }
}

const handleSelection = (selectedItems) => {
  // updated selected state
  myItems.value.forEach(item => {
    const itemSelected = selectedItems.filter(sItem => sItem.value === item.value).length
    item.selected = itemSelected ? true : false
  })
}
</script>

Multiselect ​

Props ​

items ​

enableItemCreation ​

label ​

labelAttributes ​

width ​

selectedRowCount ​

collapsedContext ​

expandSelected ​

dropdownMaxHeight ​

dropdownFooterText ​

dropdownFooterTextPosition ​

positionFixed ​

loading ​

filterFunc ​

v-model ​

autosuggest ​

autosuggest with debounce ​

Attribute Binding ​

required ​

Slots ​

label-tooltip ​

item-template ​

empty ​

dropdown-footer-text ​

Events ​

Multiselect

Props

items

enableItemCreation

label

labelAttributes

width

selectedRowCount

collapsedContext

expandSelected

dropdownMaxHeight

dropdownFooterText

dropdownFooterTextPosition

positionFixed

loading

filterFunc

v-model

autosuggest

autosuggest with debounce

Attribute Binding

required

Slots

`label-tooltip`

`item-template`

`empty`

`dropdown-footer-text`

Events