Angular ng-select - Lightweight all in one UI Select, Multiselect and Autocomplete

See Demo page.

Versions

Angular	ng-select
>=17.0.0 <18.0.0	v12.x
>=16.0.0 <17.0.0	v11.x
>=15.0.0 <16.0.0	v10.x
>=14.0.0 <15.0.0	v9.x
>=13.0.0 <14.0.0	v8.x
>=12.0.0 <13.0.0	v7.x
>=11.0.0 <12.0.0	v6.x
>=10.0.0 <11.0.0	v5.x
>=9.0.0 <10.0.0	v4.x
>=8.0.0 <9.0.0	v3.x
>=6.0.0 <8.0.0	v2.x
v5.x.x	v1.x

Browser Support

ng-select supports all browsers supported by Angular. For current list, see https://angular.io/guide/browser-support#browser-support. This includes the following specific versions:

Chrome	2 most recent versions
Firefox	latest and extended support release (ESR)
Edge	2 most recent major versions
Safari	2 most recent major versions
iOS	2 most recent major versions
Android	2 most recent major versions

Features
Getting started
API
Change detection
Custom styles
- Validation state
Contributing
Development
Inspiration

Features

Warning

Library is under active development and may have API breaking changes for subsequent major versions after 1.0.0.

Getting started

Step 1: Install `ng-select`:

NPM

npm install --save @ng-select/ng-select

YARN

yarn add @ng-select/ng-select

Step 2: Import the NgSelectModule and angular FormsModule module:

import { NgSelectModule } from '@ng-select/ng-select';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [AppComponent],
  imports: [NgSelectModule, FormsModule],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {}

Step 3: Include a theme:

To allow customization and theming, ng-select bundle includes only generic styles that are necessary for correct layout and positioning. To get full look of the control, include one of the themes in your application. If you're using the Angular CLI, you can add this to your styles.scss or include it in .angular-cli.json (Angular v5 and below) or angular.json (Angular v6 onwards).

@import "~@ng-select/ng-select/themes/default.theme.css";
// ... or 
@import "~@ng-select/ng-select/themes/material.theme.css";

Step 4 (Optional): Configuration

You can also set global configuration and localization messages by injecting NgSelectConfig service, typically in your root component, and customize the values of its properties in order to provide default values.

  constructor(private config: NgSelectConfig) {
      this.config.notFoundText = 'Custom not found';
      this.config.appendTo = 'body';
      // set the bindValue to global config when you use the same 
      // bindValue in most of the place. 
      // You can also override bindValue for the specified template 
      // by defining `bindValue` as property
      // Eg : <ng-select bindValue="some-new-value"></ng-select>
      this.config.bindValue = 'value';
  }

Usage

Define options in your consuming component:

@Component({...})
export class ExampleComponent {

    selectedCar: number;

    cars = [
        { id: 1, name: 'Volvo' },
        { id: 2, name: 'Saab' },
        { id: 3, name: 'Opel' },
        { id: 4, name: 'Audi' },
    ];
}

In template use ng-select component with your options

<!--Using ng-option and for loop-->
<ng-select [(ngModel)]="selectedCar">
   <ng-option *ngFor="let car of cars" [value]="car.id">{{car.name}}</ng-option>
</ng-select>

<!--Using items input-->
<ng-select [items]="cars" 
           bindLabel="name" 
           bindValue="id" 
           [(ngModel)]="selectedCar">
</ng-select>

For more detailed examples see Demo page

SystemJS

If you are using SystemJS, you should also adjust your configuration to point to the UMD bundle.

In your systemjs config file, map needs to tell the System loader where to look for ng-select:

map: {
  '@ng-select/ng-select': 'node_modules/@ng-select/ng-select/bundles/ng-select.umd.js',
}

API

Inputs

Input	Type	Default	Required	Description
[addTag]	`boolean \| ((term: string) => any \| Promise<any>)`	`false`	no	Allows to create custom options.
addTagText	`string`	`Add item`	no	Set custom text when using tagging
appearance	`string`	`underline`	no	Allows to select dropdown appearance. Set to `outline` to add border instead of underline (applies only to Material theme)
appendTo	`string`	null	no	Append dropdown to body or any other element using css selector. For correct positioning `body` should have `position:relative`
bindValue	`string`	`-`	no	Object property to use for selected model. By default binds to whole object.
bindLabel	`string`	`label`	no	Object property to use for label. Default `label`
[closeOnSelect]	`boolean`	true	no	Whether to close the menu when a value is selected
clearAllText	`string`	`Clear all`	no	Set custom text for clear all icon title
[clearable]	`boolean`	`true`	no	Allow to clear selected value. Default `true`
[clearOnBackspace]	`boolean`	`true`	no	Clear selected values one by one when clicking backspace. Default `true`
[compareWith]	`(a: any, b: any) => boolean`	`(a, b) => a === b`	no	A function to compare the option values with the selected values. The first argument is a value from an option. The second is a value from the selection(model). A boolean should be returned.
dropdownPosition	`bottom` \| `top` \| `auto`	`auto`	no	Set the dropdown position on open
[groupBy]	`string` \| `Function`	null	no	Allow to group items by key or function expression
[groupValue]	`(groupKey: string, children: any[]) => Object`	-	no	Function expression to provide group value
[selectableGroup]	`boolean`	false	no	Allow to select group when groupBy is used
[selectableGroupAsModel]	`boolean`	true	no	Indicates whether to select all children or group itself
[items]	`Array<any>`	`[]`	yes	Items array
[loading]	`boolean`	`-`	no	You can set the loading state from the outside (e.g. async items loading)
loadingText	`string`	`Loading...`	no	Set custom text when for loading items
labelForId	`string`	`-`	no	Id to associate control with label.
[markFirst]	`boolean`	`true`	no	Marks first item as focused when opening/filtering.
[isOpen]	`boolean`	`-`	no	Allows manual control of dropdown opening and closing. `true` - won't close. `false` - won't open.
maxSelectedItems	`number`	none	no	When multiple = true, allows to set a limit number of selection.
[hideSelected]	`boolean`	`false`	no	Allows to hide selected items.
[multiple]	`boolean`	`false`	no	Allows to select multiple items.
notFoundText	`string`	`No items found`	no	Set custom text when filter returns empty result
placeholder	`string`	`-`	no	Placeholder text.
[searchable]	`boolean`	`true`	no	Allow to search for value. Default `true`
[readonly]	`boolean`	`false`	no	Set ng-select as readonly. Mostly used with reactive forms.
[searchFn]	`(term: string, item: any) => boolean`	`null`	no	Allow to filter by custom search function
[searchWhileComposing]	`boolean`	`true`	no	Whether items should be filtered while composition started
[trackByFn]	`(item: any) => any`	`null`	no	Provide custom trackBy function
[clearSearchOnAdd]	`boolean`	`true`	no	Clears search input when item is selected. Default `true`. Default `false` when closeOnSelect is `false`
[deselectOnClick]	`boolean`	`false`	no	Deselects a selected item when it is clicked in the dropdown. Default `false`. Default `true` when multiple is `true`
[editableSearchTerm]	`boolean`	`false`	no	Allow to edit search query if option selected. Default `false`. Works only if multiple is `false`.
[selectOnTab]	`boolean`	`false`	no	Select marked dropdown item using tab. Default `false`
[openOnEnter]	`boolean`	`true`	no	Open dropdown using enter. Default `true`
[typeahead]	`Subject`	`-`	no	Custom autocomplete or advanced filter.
[minTermLength]	`number`	`0`	no	Minimum term length to start a search. Should be used with `typeahead`
typeToSearchText	`string`	`Type to search`	no	Set custom text when using Typeahead
[virtualScroll]	`boolean`	false	no	Enable virtual scroll for better performance when rendering a lot of data
[inputAttrs]	`{ [key: string]: string }`	`-`	no	Pass custom attributes to underlying `input` element
[tabIndex]	`number`	`-`	no	Set tabindex on ng-select
[keyDownFn]	`($event: KeyboardEvent) => bool`	`true`	no	Provide custom keyDown function. Executed before default handler. Return false to suppress execution of default key down handlers

Outputs

Output	Description
(add)	Fired when item is added while `[multiple]="true"`. Outputs added item
(blur)	Fired on select blur
(change)	Fired on model change. Outputs whole model
(close)	Fired on select dropdown close
(clear)	Fired on clear icon click
(focus)	Fired on select focus
(search)	Fired while typing search term. Outputs search term with filtered items
(open)	Fired on select dropdown open
(remove)	Fired when item is removed while `[multiple]="true"`
(scroll)	Fired when scrolled. Provides the start and end index of the currently available items. Can be used for loading more items in chunks before the user has scrolled all the way to the bottom of the list.
(scrollToEnd)	Fired when scrolled to the end of items. Can be used for loading more items in chunks.

Methods

Name	Description
open	Opens the select dropdown panel
close	Closes the select dropdown panel
focus	Focuses the select element
blur	Blurs the select element

Other

Name	Type	Description
[ngOptionHighlight]	directive	Highlights search term in option. Accepts search term. Should be used on option element. README
NgSelectConfig	configuration	Configuration provider for the NgSelect component. You can inject this service and provide application wide configuration.
SELECTION_MODEL_FACTORY	service	DI token for SelectionModel implementation. You can provide custom implementation changing selection behaviour.

Custom selection logic

Ng-select allows to provide custom selection implementation using SELECTION_MODEL_FACTORY. To override default logic provide your factory method in your angular module.

// app.module.ts
providers: [
    { provide: SELECTION_MODEL_FACTORY, useValue: <SelectionModelFactory>CustomSelectionFactory }
]

// selection-model.ts
export function CustomSelectionFactory() {
    return new CustomSelectionModel();
}

export class CustomSelectionModel implements SelectionModel {
    ...
}

Change Detection

Ng-select component implements OnPush change detection which means the dirty checking checks for immutable data types. That means if you do object mutations like:

this.items.push({id: 1, name: 'New item'})

Component will not detect a change. Instead you need to do:

this.items = [...this.items, {id: 1, name: 'New item'}];

This will cause the component to detect the change and update. Some might have concerns that this is a pricey operation, however, it is much more performant than running ngDoCheck and constantly diffing the array.

Custom styles

If you are not happy with default styles you can easily override them with increased selector specificity or creating your own theme. This applies if you are using no ViewEncapsulation or adding styles to global stylesheet. E.g.

<ng-select class="custom"></ng-select>

.ng-select.custom {
    border:0px;
    min-height: 0px;
    border-radius: 0;
}
.ng-select.custom .ng-select-container  {            
    min-height: 0px;
    border-radius: 0;
}

If you are using ViewEncapsulation, you could use special ::ng-deep selector which will prevent scoping for nested selectors altough this is more of a workaround and we recommend using solution described above.

.ng-select.custom ::ng-deep .ng-select-container  {            
    min-height: 0px;
    border-radius: 0;
}

WARNING: Keep in mind that ng-deep is deprecated and there is no alternative to it yet. See Here.

Validation state

By default when you use reactive forms validators or template driven forms validators css class ng-invalid will be applied on ng-select. You can show errors state by adding custom css style

ng-select.ng-invalid.ng-touched .ng-select-container {
    border-color: #dc3545;
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075), 0 0 0 3px #fde6e8;
}

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. You can start by looking at issues with label Help wanted or creating new Issue with proposal or bug report. Note that we are using https://conventionalcommits.org/ commits format.

Development

Perform the clone-to-launch steps with these terminal commands.

Run demo page in watch mode

git clone https://github.com/ng-select/ng-select
cd ng-select
yarn
yarn run start

Testing

yarn run test
or
yarn run test:watch

Release

To release to npm just run ./release.sh, of course if you have permissions ;)

Inspiration

This component is inspired by React select and Virtual scroll. Check theirs amazing work and components :)

NursultanTilek/ng-select

Angular ng-select - Lightweight all in one UI Select, Multiselect and Autocomplete

Versions

Browser Support

Table of contents

Features

Warning

Getting started

Step 1: Install `ng-select`:

NPM

YARN

Step 2: Import the NgSelectModule and angular FormsModule module:

Step 3: Include a theme:

Step 4 (Optional): Configuration

Usage

SystemJS

API

Inputs

Outputs

Methods

Other

Custom selection logic

Change Detection

Custom styles

Validation state

Contributing

Development

Run demo page in watch mode

Testing

Release

Inspiration

NursultanTilek/ng-select

Angular ng-select - Lightweight all in one UI Select, Multiselect and Autocomplete

Versions

Browser Support

Table of contents

Features

Warning

Getting started

Step 1: Install ng-select:

NPM

YARN

Step 2: Import the NgSelectModule and angular FormsModule module:

Step 3: Include a theme:

Step 4 (Optional): Configuration

Usage

SystemJS

API

Inputs

Outputs

Methods

Other

Custom selection logic

Change Detection

Custom styles

Validation state

Contributing

Development

Run demo page in watch mode

Testing

Release

Inspiration

Step 1: Install `ng-select`: