Bootstrap select dropdown list placeholder - html

I am trying to make a dropdown list that contains a placeholder. It doesn't seem to support placeholder="stuff" as other forms do. Is there a different way to obtain a placeholder in my dropdown?


Yes just "selected disabled" in the option.
<select>
<option value="" selected disabled>Please select</option>
<option value="">A</option>
<option value="">B</option>
<option value="">C</option>
</select>
Link to fiddle
You can also view the answer at
https://stackoverflow.com/a/5859221/1225125


Use hidden:
<select>
<option hidden >Display but don't show in list</option>
<option> text 1 </option>
<option> text 2 </option>
<option> text 3 </option>
</select>


dropdown or select doesn't have a placeholder because HTML doesn't support it but it's possible to create same effect so it looks the same as other inputs placeholder
$('select').change(function() {
if ($(this).children('option:first-child').is(':selected')) {
$(this).addClass('placeholder');
} else {
$(this).removeClass('placeholder');
}
});
.placeholder{color: grey;}
select option:first-child{color: grey; display: none;}
select option{color: #555;} // bootstrap default color
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select class="form-control placeholder">
<option value="">Your Placeholder Text</option>
<option value="1">Text 1</option>
<option value="2">Text 2</option>
<option value="3">Text 3</option>
</select>
if you want to see first option in list remove display property from css


Most of the options are problematic for multi-select.
Place Title attribute, and make first option as data-hidden="true"
<select class="selectpicker" title="Some placeholder text...">
<option data-hidden="true"></option>
<option>First</option>
<option>Second</option>
</select>


If you are initializing the select field through javascript, the following can be added to replace the default placeholder text
noneSelectedText: 'Insert Placeholder text'
example: if you have:
<select class='picker'></select>
in your javascript, you initialize the selectpicker like this
$('.picker').selectpicker({noneSelectedText: 'Insert Placeholder text'});


Add hidden attribute:
<select>
<option value="" selected disabled hidden>Please select</option>
<option value="">A</option>
<option value="">B</option>
<option value="">C</option>
</select>


Try this:
<select class="form-control" required>
<option value="" selected hidden>Select...</option>
when using required + value="" then user can not select it
using hidden will make it hidden from the options list, when the user open the options box


Try #title = "stuff". It worked for me.


All this options are.... improvisations.
Bootstrap already offers a solution for this.
If you want to change the placeholder for all your dropdown elements you can change the value of
noneSelectedText
in the bootstrap file.
To change individualy, you can use TITLE parameter.
example:
<div class="form-group">
<label class="control-label col-xs-2" id="country">Continent:</label>
<div class="col-xs-9">
<select name="zones[]" class="selectpicker" title="All continents" id="zones" multiple >
<option value="Africa">Africa</option>
<option value="Asia">Asia</option>
<option value="North America">America North</option>
<option value="South America">America South</option>
<option value="Antarctica">Antarctica</option>
<option value="Australia">Australia</option>
<option value="Europe">Europe</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>


Using Bootstrap, This is what you can do. Using class "text-hide", the disabled option will be shown at first but not on the list.
<select class="form-control" >
<option selected disabled class="text-hide">Title</option>
<option>A</option>
<option>B</option>
<option>C</option>
</select>


in bootstrap-select.js Find title: null, and remove it.
add title="YOUR TEXT" in <select> element.
Fine :)
Example:
<select title="Please Choose one item">
<option value="">A</option>
<option value="">B</option>
<option value="">C</option>
</select>


I think, the Dropdown box with a class and JQuery code to disable the first option for user to select, will work perfectly as Select Box placeholder.
<select class="selectboxclass">
<option value="">- Please Select -</option>
<option value="IN">India</option>
<option value="US">America</option>
</select>
Make the first option disabled by JQuery.
<script>
$('select.selectboxclass option:first').attr('disabled', true);
</script>
This will make the first option of Dropdown as Placeholder and user will no longer able to select the first option.
Hope It helps!!


The right way to achieve what you are looking for is to use the title attribute.
The title global attribute contains text representing advisory information related to the element it belongs to.
title="Choose..."
for example:
<select class="form-control selectpicker" name="example" title="Choose...">
<option value="all">ABCDEFG</option>
<option value="all">EFG</option>
</select>
check the documentation for more info about bootstrap-select
custom-button-text


Here's another way to do it
<select name="GROUPINGS[xxxxxx]" style="width: 60%;" required>
<option value="">Choose Platform</option>
<option value="iOS">iOS</option>
<option value="Android">Android</option>
<option value="Windows">Windows</option>
</select>
"Choose Platform" becomes the placeholder and the 'required' property ensures that the user has to select one of the options.
Very useful, when you don't want to user field names or Labels.


Bootstrap select has an noneSelectedText option. You can set it via data-none-selected-text attribute.
Documentation.


For .html page
<select>
<option value="" selected disabled>Please select</option>
<option value="">A</option>
<option value="">B</option>
<option value="">C</option>
</select>
for .jsp or any other servlet page.
<select>
<option value="" selected="true" disabled="true">Please select</option>
<option value="">A</option>
<option value="">B</option>
<option value="">C</option>
</select>


Using bootstrap, if you need to also add some values to the option to use for filters or other stuff you can simply add the class "bs-title-option" to the option that you want as a placeholder:
<select class="form-group">
<option class="bs-title-option" value="myVal">My PlaceHolder</option>
<option>A</option>
<option>B</option>
<option>c</option>
</select>
Bootstrap adds this class to the title attribute.


Solution for Angular 2
Create a label on top of the select
<label class="hidden-label" for="IsActive"
*ngIf="filterIsActive == undefined">Placeholder text</label>
<select class="form-control form-control-sm" type="text" name="filterIsActive"
[(ngModel)]="filterIsActive" id="IsActive">
<option value="true">true</option>
<option value="false">false</option>
</select>
and apply CSS to place it on top
.hidden-label {
position: absolute;
margin-top: .34rem;
margin-left: .56rem;
font-style: italic;
pointer-events: none;
}
pointer-events: none allows you to display the select when you click on the label, which is hidden when you select an option.
angular html css


<option value="" defaultValue disabled> Something </option>
you can replace defaultValue with selected but that would give warning.


This is for Bootstrap 4.0, you only need to enter selected on the first line, it acts as a placeholder. The values are not necessary, but if you want to add value 0-... that is up to you.
Much simpler than you may think:
<select class="custom-select">
<option selected>Open This</option>
<option value="">1st Choice</option>
<option value="">2nd Choice</option>
</select>
This is link will guide you for further information.

Related

Setting default value to an HTML dropdown

I have created a dropdown menu in html. I have a reset button which resets all the value to null. But on clicking this I need to reset the dropdown menu to the first value which I gave in the field.
Please help...
The code for the dropdown is as below.
<select name="abc" id="abc">
<option value="one">One
<option value="two">Two
</select>
But on clicking Reset I am getting a blank in the dropdown list from where i have to again select either One or Two.
Instead I want it to automatically set to the value "One".

You can use add the attribute selected to the option you want to be default like this:
<select name="abc" id="abc">
<option value="one">One</option>
<option value="two" selected>Two</option>
</select>
Or add selected="selected":
<select name="abc" id="abc">
<option value="one" selected="selected">One</option>
<option value="two">Two</option>
</select>

You just need to use the selected attribute for the item that you want to be the default:
<select name="abc" id="abc">
<option value="one" selected="selected">One</option>
<option value="two">Two</option>
</select>
If you are manually performing the reset, you'll likely want to store a reference to the current selection prior to resetting them and using that to retain the previous selection, which you can access via the selectedIndex property. Depending on your use case and technology (e.g. jQuery, etc.), you can select a specific element by its index, value, or potentially other attributes.

You can add selected attributes to make default select.
<select name="abc" id="abc">
<option value="one">One
<option value="two" selected="selected">Two
</select>
With jquery
$("#abc").val("two")

use selected
here live example https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_option_selected.asp
<select>
<option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
<option value="saab">Saab</option>
<option value="vw">VW</option>
<option value="audi" selected>Audi</option>
</select>

I think you need this code in your reset jquery function.
$("#abc option:selected").prop("selected", false);
$("#abc option:first").prop("selected", "selected");

HTML select drop down by default shows first option if none of the option is selected. So, effectively you just need to clear the selected attibute for your dropdown.
function clearForm(form) {
//var $f = $(form);
//var $f = $f.find(':input').not(':button, :submit, :reset, :hidden');
//$('#msg').empty();
$('#abc option:selected').removeAttr('selected');
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select name="abc" id="abc">
<option value="one">One
<option value="two" selected>Two
</select>
<input type='button' class="btn btn-primary" value='Reset' name='reset' onclick="return clearForm(this.form);">

Hide placeholder text from dropdown menu

I am trying to hide the placeholder text in a dropdown menu from showing up as a selectable option. I have searched other options on stack overflow and tried the following solution but none have worked:
<option style="display:none" >Select Stop</option>
<option value="" disabled selected hidden >Select Stop</option>
<option value="" disabled selected style="display: none;">Select Stop</option>
My code looks like this which WORKS in stackoverflow but not when I put it into my site using latest version of chrome...
<select>
<option value="" disabled selected hidden>Select Stop</option>
<option value="home">home</option>
<option value="school">school</option>
<option value="office">office</option>
</select>

Not sure what are you actually trying achieve, to hide the select or option simply add disabled to them, see below, i have 2 select, one with option disbaled other one the entire select disabled
<select>
<option value="">Select Stop</option>
<option value="home" >home</option>
<option value="school" disabled>school</option>
<option value="office" >office</option>
</select>
<select disabled>
<option value="" >Select Stop</option>
<option value="home" >home</option>
<option value="school" >school</option>
<option value="office" >office</option>
</select>

Maybe you might want to add some JQuery into your file
$(function() {
$('.location').find('option:contains(office)').hide();
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select class='location'>
<option value="select stop">Select Stop</option>
<option value="home">home</option>
<option value="school">school</option>
<option value="office">office</option>
</select>

select selected label without being an option

Didn't how to put this question... How can I show a descrition / deafukt value without it being an options.
Eg:
<select class="form-control">
<option value="">Choose a Number...</option>
<option value="two">Two</option>
<option value="three">Three</option>
<option value="four">Four</option>
<option value="five">Five</option>
</select>
How to show "Choose a Number" in unselected mode but not have it as an option. Like dropdown should show only the options which can be selected.

The select tag doesn't come with a placeholder attribute. To work around that you can do the following:
HTML:
<select>
<option class="hidden_option" selected disabled>Choose a number</option>
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
</select>
CSS:
select > option.hidden_option{
display: none;
}
This way you can make a pseudo-placeholder that will not be listed as an option.
Here is a JsFiddle demo for you to see it in action

HTML - Set value for the Select dropdown

I have a select dropdown menu and I want the placeholder text to read 'Position'
<select id="playingPosition" value="Position">
<option value="goalkeeper">Goalkeeper</option>
<option value="defender">Defender</option>
<option value="midfielder">Midfielder</option>
<option value="striker">Striker</option>
</select>
When the page loads, 'Goalkeeper' will be displayed before any user input. I have tried to rename this to 'Position' using the value attribute.
http://jsfiddle.net/bHJM2/

You can do something like this:
<option value="" disabled selected>Select your option</option>
This becomes:
<select name="playingPosition" id="playingPosition" value="Position">
<option value="" disabled selected>Select your option</option>
<option value="goalkeeper">Goalkeeper</option>
<option value="defender">Defender</option>
<option value="midfielder">Midfielder</option>
<option value="striker">Striker</option>
</select>
Looks like:
And we're done.

Set the selected attribute on the option element you want to select like this:
<option value="defender" selected>Defender</option>

HTML select dropdown list

I want to have a drop down list using the select, option tag... but when it first appear I want it to have an information, such as "Please select a name" then the user clicks on the drop down list and selects from the available option... I tried to made the "Please select a name" as an option, but then the user will be able to select this... which is not what I want. Do I need to use javascript to have this feature or what do I need to do?
If there'a jquery way to do this, this would be much helpful

Try this:
<select>
<option value="" disabled="disabled" selected="selected">Please select a name</option>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
</select>
When the page loads, this option will be selected by default. However, as soon as the drop-down is clicked, the user won't be able to re-select this option.

<select>
<option value="" style="display:none">Choose one provider</option>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
</select>
This way the user cannot see this option, but it shows in the select box.

Have <option value="">- Please select a name -</option> as the first option and use JavaScript (and backend validation) to ensure the user has selected something other than an empty value.

This is an old post, but this worked for me
<select>
<option value="" disabled selected>Please select a name...</option>
<option>this</option>
<option>that</option>
</select>

<select name="test">
<option hidden="true">Please select a name</option>
<option value="Cash">Cash</option>
<option value="Draft">Demand Draft No.</option>
<option value="Cheque">Cheque No.</option>
</select>

Maybe this can help you resolve without JavaScript
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/forms/option.html
See DISABLE option

Simple, I suppose. The onclick attribute works nicely...
<select onchange="if(this.value == '') this.selectedIndex = 1; ">
<option value="">Select an Option</option>
<option value="one">Option 1</option>
<option value="two">Option 2</option>
</select>
After a different option is selected, if the first option is selected, Option 1 will be selected. If you want an explanation on the javascript, just ask.

<select>
<option value="" disabled="disabled" selected="selected">Please select name</option>
<option value="Tom">Tom</option>
<option value="Marry">Marry</option>
<option value="Jane">Jane</option>
<option value="Harry">Harry</option>
</select>

If you want to achieve the same for the jquery-ui selectmenu control then you have to set 'display: none' in the open event handler and add '-menu' to the id string.
<select id="myid">
<option value="" disabled="disabled" selected="selected">Please select name</option>
<option value="Tom">Tom</option>
<option value="Marry">Mary</option>
<option value="Jane">Jane</option>
<option value="Harry">Harry</option>
</select>
$('select#listsTypeSelect').selectmenu({
change: function( event, data ) {
alert($(this).val());
},
open: function( event, ui ) {
$('ul#myid-menu li:first-child').css('display', 'none');
}
});

I'm sorry to necro an old post - but I found a better way of doing this
What I believe this poster wanted was :
<label for="mydropdown" datalabel="mydropdown">Country:</label>
<select name="mydropdown">
<option value="United States">United States</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
<option value="Other">Not Listed</option>
</select>
I found this information in another post while searching for this same answer - Thanks

<select>
<option value="" disabled selected hidden>Select an Option</option>
<option value="one">Option 1</option>
<option value="two">Option 2</option>
</select>

Make a JavaScript control that before the submit cheek that the selected option is different to your first option

This is how I do this with JQuery...
using the jquery-watermark plugin (http://code.google.com/p/jquery-watermark/)
$('#inputId').watermark('Please select a name');
works like a charm!!
There is some good documentation at that google code site.
Hope this helps!

<select>
<option value="" disabled="disabled" selected="selected">Please select a
developer position</option>
<option value="1">Beginner</option>
<option value="2">Expert</option>
</select>

From what I understand, you are looking for a placeholder for your select options, which has to be selected when no value is pre-selected, and cannot be selected by user, or seen.
<select name="selectOne">
<option value="" disabled selected hidden>Choose an option</option>
<option value="this">This</option>
<option value="that">That</option>
</select>