jQuery Selectric Selectric

How to use

1. Make sure to include jQuery in your page:

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

2. Include jQuery Selectric:

<script src="js/jquery.selectric.min.js"></script>

3. Put styles in your CSS and change it to your taste :D

/*======================================================================
  Selectric
======================================================================*/

.selectricWrapper {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0 0 10px;
  width: 300px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.selectricResponsive {
  width: 100%;
}

.selectric {
  border: 1px solid #DDD;
  background: #F8F8F8;
  position: relative;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.selectric .label {
  display: block;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 0 30px 0 0;
  padding: 6px;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 18px;
  color: #444;
  min-height: 18px;
}

.selectric .button {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  color: #BBB;
  text-align: center;
  font: 0/0 a;
  /* IE Fix */
  *font: 20px/30px Lucida Sans Unicode, Arial Unicode MS, Arial;
}

.selectric .button:after {
  content: " ";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  margin: auto;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border: 4px solid transparent;
  border-top-color: #BBB;
  border-bottom: none;
}

.selectricHover .selectric {
  border-color: #CCC;
}

.selectricHover .selectric .button {
  color: #888;
}

.selectricHover .selectric .button:after {
  border-top-color: #888;
}

.selectricOpen {
  z-index: 9999;
}

.selectricOpen .selectric {
  border-color: #CCC;
  background: #F0F0F0;
  z-index: 9999;
}

.selectricOpen .selectricItems {
  display: block;
}

.selectricDisabled {
  filter: alpha(opacity=50);
  opacity: 0.5;
  cursor: default;
  -webkit-touch-callout: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}

.selectricHideSelect {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
}

.selectricHideSelect select {
  position: absolute;
  left: -100%;
  display: none;
}

.selectricInput {
  position: absolute !important;
  top: 0 !important;
  left: 0 !important;
  overflow: hidden !important;
  clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0) !important;
  margin: 0 !important;
  padding: 0 !important;
  width: 1px !important;
  height: 1px !important;
  outline: none !important;
  border: none !important;
  *font: 0/0 a !important;
  background: none !important;
}

.selectricTempShow {
  position: absolute !important;
  visibility: hidden !important;
  display: block !important;
}

/* Items box */

.selectricItems {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  overflow: auto;
  top: 100%;
  left: 0;
  background: #F9F9F9;
  border: 1px solid #CCC;
  z-index: 9998;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px -6px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 10px -6px;
}

.selectricItems ul,
.selectricItems li {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 20px;
  min-height: 20px;
}

.selectricItems li {
  display: block;
  padding: 5px;
  border-top: 1px solid #FFF;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE;
  color: #666;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.selectricItems li.selected {
  background: #EFEFEF;
  color: #444;
  border-top-color: #E0E0E0;
}

.selectricItems li:hover {
  background: #F0F0F0;
  color: #444;
}

.selectricItems li.disabled {
  background: #F5F5F5;
  color: #BBB;
  border-top-color: #FAFAFA;
  cursor: default;
}

4. Initialize jQuery Selectric:

$(function(){
  $('select').selectric();
});

Options

You can pass a options object as the first parameters when you call the plugin. For example:

$('select').selectric({
  maxHeight: 200
});
Option Default Type Description
onOpen
function() {}
Function Function called when select options is opened
onChange
function() {}
Function Function called when select options is changed
onClose
function() {}
Function Function called when select options is closed
maxHeight
300
Integer Maximum height options box can be
keySearchTimeout
500
Integer After this time without pressing any key, the search string is reseted
arrowButtonMarkup
<b class="button">&#9662;</b>
String [HTML] Markup for open options button
disableOnMobile
true
Boolean Initialize plugin on mobile browsers
border
1
Integer Options box border thickness
openOnHover
false
Boolean Open select box on hover, instead of click
expandToItemText
false
Boolean Expand options box past wrapper
responsive
false
Boolean The select element become responsive
customClass
{
  prefix: 'selectric',
  postfixes: 'Input Items Open Disabled TempShow HideSelect Wrapper Hover Responsive',
  camelCase: true
}
Object Custom classes

Public methods

$('select').selectric('refresh'); // Reconstruct the instance of plugin
$('select').selectric('destroy'); // Destroy select and go back to normal
$('select').selectric('open');    // Open options
$('select').selectric('close');   // Close options

Browser support

Demo











Project maintained by Leonardo Santos
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