jquery multi-select vs select2

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jquery multi-select

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

select2

Posts with mentions or reviews of select2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-13.

Does MVC have a combobox?
1 project | /r/dotnet | 7 Dec 2023
HTML Web Components
14 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Nov 2023

Most people using react aren't building SPAs. Vue/React can be used the same way as jquery, which is to add enhanced UI functionality that server-side HTML views simply can't offer.
The best example is a multi-select box, or a searchable select box with autocomplete (what W3 calls the combobox pattern https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/combobox/) which in jquery was usually via https://select2.org/
For example, on my company website there's a timezone select box with are 151 options. Asking a user to simply scroll through 100+ to find theirs is annoying vs typing a few characters and hitting enter.
There's many examples of select boxes like that and there really is no static server-side way to solve this problem (I tried hard to think of one)... without creating a multi-page Wizard for what should be a single field on a larger form.
If you're building a SaaS product there are many highly-interactive components that demand JS and there's really no better mainstream solution atm than static-first sites with small "islands" of Vue/React style components (ideally with hydration) where interactivity is required.
People still abuse React/Vue of course, but the trend is 100% moving back to "mostly static" rather than slow SPAs and IMO JS-powered components are not never going away unless browsers start offering these complex components built-in.
I add a log database for my Django project what to do ??
3 projects | /r/django | 24 May 2023

I’m a fan of select2 (https://select2.org), it supports loading in data from a foreign source (API)
Formset factory for displaying hundreds of records for editing. Is there a better way?
1 project | /r/django | 28 Apr 2023

You could use a Select2() for the records which prevent the massive amount of data being transferred.
search box in select tag
1 project | /r/bootstrap | 1 Apr 2023
I am trying to make a minimalistic NHL Stats website. I would really appreciate some feedback!
2 projects | /r/hockey | 5 Dec 2022
What are the popular PHP Frameworks you are using for the development of web applications and why?
8 projects | /r/PHP | 21 Oct 2022

Sometimes I still import it for only one thing : select2 that depends on it. Does anyone have an alternative ? I'd love it
Better way of selecting Foreign key objects in django admin form
1 project | /r/djangolearning | 31 Jul 2022

The traditional solution was to use ModelAdmin.raw_id_fields, a comma-delimited string of IDs in a text input. Many users found the interaction inelegant, and so ModelAdmin.autocomplete_fields with live search integration with Select2 was added in Django 2.0.
How do you create a category (or select an existing one) from a field value on a page form in MediaWiki?
1 project | /r/AskProgramming | 25 Jul 2022
How would i go about displaying more information of objects in a ModelForm?
1 project | /r/django | 14 Jul 2022

The module django-extensions has a searchable select box widget. There are others using Select2 as well.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing jquery multi-select and select2 you can also consider the following projects:

selectize.js - Selectize is the hybrid of a textbox and <select> box. It's jQuery based, and it has autocomplete and native-feeling keyboard navigation; useful for tagging, contact lists, etc.

bootstrap-select - :rocket: The jQuery plugin that brings select elements into the 21st century with intuitive multiselection, searching, and much more.

typeahead.js - typeahead.js is a fast and fully-featured autocomplete library

Slim Select - Slim advanced select dropdown

Choices.js - A vanilla JS customisable select box/text input plugin ⚡️

Ajax Bootstrap Select - This uses the bootstrap-select plugin and extends it so that you can use a remote source to search.

chosen - Deprecated - Chosen is a library for making long, unwieldy select boxes more friendly.

formhero - Fully customisable React form utility

JavaScript-autoComplete - An extremely lightweight and powerful vanilla JavaScript completion suggester.