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Reputation: 6761

Is it possible to have a select box with an input field option?

I want to have a select box that besides the given options allows to set a value manually. I am not a hundred percent sure if that is possible but I think I have seen it before. On the w3school page for select I couldn't find anything relevant.

As I am working Rails, I also checked the APIDock page for the select_tag form helper, but there I also couldn't find anything.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 34

Answers (1)

Mihai Dinculescu
Mihai Dinculescu

Reputation: 20033

While it's a very common functionality, what you are looking for is not part of the standard HTML (5 or not) controls.

To achieve the desired effect you have to use a JavaScript framework.

The good news is that there are a lot of frameworks and/or plugins doing this. The bad news is that you will have to spend some time playing with a couple until you find one you're happy with.

The two most used JS frameworks, jQuery and Bootstrap, have dozens of plugins that does this, just search for them.

Upvotes: 1

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