/material-ui-superselectfield

multiselection autocomplete dropdown component for Material-UI

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Preview (Live demo)

Installation

yarn add material-ui-superselectfield

This component requires 4 dependencies :

  • react
  • react-dom
  • react-tap-event-plugin
  • material-ui

... so make sure they are installed in your project, or install them as well ;)

Also don't forget to update your index.js entry file with :

import injectTapEventPlugin from 'react-tap-event-plugin'
injectTapEventPlugin()

Properties

Name Type Default Description
name string Required to differentiate between multiple instances of superSelectField in same page.
floatingLabel string or node The content to use for the floating label element.
hintText string 'Click me' Placeholder text for the main selections display.
hintTextAutocomplete string 'Type something' Placeholder text for the autocomplete.
noMatchFound string 'No match found' Placeholder text when the autocomplete filter fails.
anchorOrigin object { vertical: 'top', horizontal: 'left' } Anchor position of the menu, accepted values: top, bottom / left, right
checkPosition string Position of the checkmark in multiple mode. Accepted values: '', left, right
multiple bool false Include this property to turn superSelectField into a multi-selection dropdown. Checkboxes will appear.
disabled bool false Include this property to disable superSelectField.
value null, object, object[] null Selected value(s).
/!\ REQUIRED: each object must expose a 'value' property.
onChange function () => {} Triggers when selecting/unselecting an option from the Menu.
signature: (selectedValues, name) with selectedValues array of selected values based on selected nodes' value property, and name the value of the superSelectField instance's name property
onAutoCompleteTyping function () => {} Exposes the word typed in AutoComplete. Useful for triggering onType API requests.
children any [] Datasource is an array of any type of nodes, styled at your convenience.
/!\ REQUIRED: each node must expose a value property. This value property will be used by default for both option's value and label.
A label property can be provided to specify a different value than value.
nb2show number 5 Number of options displayed from the menu.
elementHeight number, number[] 36 Height in pixels of each option element. If elements have different heights, you can provide them in an array.
showAutocompleteThreshold number 10 Maximum number of options from which to display the autocomplete search field.
For example, if autoComplete textfield need to be disabled, just set this prop with a value higher than children length.
autocompleteFilter function see below Provide your own filtering parser. Default: case insensitive.
The search field will appear only if there are more than 10 children (see showAutocompleteThreshold).
By default, the parser will check for label props, 'value' otherwise.
useLayerForClickAway bool false If true, the popover dropdown will render on top of an invisible layer, which will prevent clicks to the underlying elements, and trigger an onRequestClose('clickAway') call.
Note when setting value :

if multiple is set, value must be at least an empty Array.
For single value mode, you can set value to null.
When using objects, make sure they expose a non-null value property.
PropTypes should raise warnings if implementing otherwise.

Styling properties

Name Type Default Description
style object {} Insert your own inlined styles, applied to the root component.
menuStyle object {} Styles applied to the comtainer which will receive your children components.
menuGroupStyle object {} Styles applied to the MenuItems hosting your <optgroup/>.
innerDivStyle object {} Styles applied to the inner div of MenuItems hosting each of your children components.
menuFooterStyle object {} Styles applied to the Menu's footer.
menuCloseButton node A button for an explicit closing of the menu. Useful on mobiles.
selectedMenuItemStyle object {color: muiTheme.menuItem.selectedTextColor} Styles to be applied to the selected MenuItem.
selectionsRenderer function see below Provide your own renderer for selected options. Defaults to concatenating children's values text. Check CodeExample4 for a more advanced renderer example.
checkedIcon SVGicon see below The SvgIcon to use for the checked state. This is useful to create icon toggles.
unCheckedIcon SVGicon see below The SvgIcon to use for the unchecked state. This is useful to create icon toggles.
hoverColor string 'rgba(69, 90, 100, 0.1)' Overrides the hover background color.
floatingLabelStyle object Allows to change the styles of the floating label.
floatingLabelFocusStyle object Allows to change the styles of the floating label when focused.
underlineStyle object Allows to change the styles of the underline.
underlineFocusStyle object Allows to change the styles of the underline when focused.
autocompleteUnderlineStyle object Allows to change the styles of the searchTextField's underline.
autocompleteUnderlineFocusStyle object Allows to change the styles of the searchTextField's underline when focused.

Default functions

Name Default function
checkedIcon <CheckedIcon style={{ top: 'calc(50% - 12px)' }} />
unCheckedIcon <UnCheckedIcon style={{ top: 'calc(50% - 12px)' }} />
autocompleteFilter ```(searchText, text) => !text
selectionsRenderer
(values, hintText) => {
   if (!values) return hintText
   const { value, label } = values
   if (Array.isArray(values)) {
      return values.length
         ? values.map(({ value, label }) => label || value).join(', ')
         : hintText
   }
   else if (label || value) return label || value
   else return hintText
}

Usage

Check the CodeExampleX.js provided in the repository.

Building

You can build the project with :

git clone https://github.com/Sharlaan/material-ui-superselectfield.git
yarn && yarn start

It should open a new page on your default browser @ localhost:3000

Tests

yarn test

Contributing

In lieu of a formal style guide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code.

Known bugs

  • keyboard-focus handling combined with optgroups and autocompleted results
  • dynamic heights calculation

TodoList

  • implement onClose handler for multiple mode, to allow registering selected values in oneshot instead of exposing values at each selection (ie one single server request)

  • set autoWidth to false automatically if width prop has a value

  • add a css rule for this.root :focus { outline: 'none' }, and :hover { darken }

  • add tests for focus states/styles when tabbing between multiple superSelectFields

  • add tests for keystrokes

  • add proptypes checking for value and children

  • support of <optgroup />

  • check rendering performance with 200 MenuItems (integrate react-infinite)

  • implement the container for errors (absolutely positioned below the focusedLine)

    Expose more props :

    • noMatchFound message
    • floatingLabelText
    • canAutoPosition
    • checkPosition
    • anchorOrigin
    • popoverStyle
    • hoverColor
    • disabled
    • required
    • errorMessage
    • errorStyle
  • add props.disableAutoComplete (default: false), or a nbItems2showAutocomplete (default: null, meaning never show the searchTextField)

  • make Autocomplete appears only if current numberOfMenuItems > props.autocompleteTreshold

  • implement a checkboxRenderer for MenuItem (or expose 2 properties CheckIconFalse & CheckIconTrue)

  • make a PR reimplementing MenuItem.insetChildren replaced with checkPosition={'left'(default) or 'right'}

  • add an example with GooglePlaces