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Choices

This component is intended to be used to build complex selection interfaces for single and multiple values. It also supports search on frontend or server, when dealing with large lists.

Pro tip: Most of time you just need a simple Select component, which renders nice natively on all devices.

Selection

By default, it will look up for:

  • $object->id for option value.
  • $object->name for option display label.
  • $object->avatar for avatar picture.

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Custom options
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@php    
        $users = $this->users;

@endphp

{{-- Notice `single` --}}

<x-choices label="Single" wire:model="user_id" :options="$users" single clearable />



{{-- public array $users_multi_ids = []; --}}

<x-choices label="Multiple" wire:model="users_multi_ids" :options="$users" clearable />



{{-- Custom options --}}

<x-choices

    label="Custom options"

    wire:model="user_custom_id"

    :options="$users"

    option-label="username"

    option-sub-label="city.name"

    option-avatar="other_avatar"

    icon="o-users"

    height="max-h-96"                   {{-- Default is `max-h-64`  --}}

    hint="It has custom options"

    single />

Select All

This option only works for multiple and non-searchable exclusively.


Multiple
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@php    
    $users = $this->users;

@endphp

{{-- Notice `allow-all` --}}

<x-choices label="Multiple" wire:model="users_all_ids" :options="$users" allow-all />



<x-choices

    label="Multiple"

    wire:model="users_all2_ids"

    :options="$users"

    allow-all

    allow-all-text="Select all stuff"

    remove-all-text="Delete all things" />

Compact mode

This option only works for multiple and non-searchable exclusively.


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@php    
    $users = $this->users;

@endphp

{{-- Notice `compact` --}}

<x-choices label="Compact" wire:model="users_compact_ids" :options="$users" compact />



<x-choices

    label="Compact label"

    wire:model="users_compact2_ids"

    :options="$users"

    compact

    compact-text="stuff chosen" />

You can combine allow-all and compact

Select All + Compact
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@php    
    $users = $this->users;

@endphp

<x-choices

    label="Select All + Compact"

    wire:model="users_all_compact_ids"

    :options="$users"

    compact

    allow-all />

Searchable (frontend)

If you judge you don't have a huge list of items, you can make it searchable offline on "frontend side". But, if you have a huge list it is a better idea to make it searchable on "server side", otherwise you can face some slow down on frontend. See on the next section.


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@php    
    $users = $this->users;

@endphp

{{-- Notice `searchable` --}}

{{-- Notice this is a different component, but with same API --}}

<x-choices-offline

    label="Single (frontend)"

    wire:model="user_searchable_offline_id"

    :options="$users"

    placeholder="Search ..."

    single

    clearable

    searchable />           


<x-choices-offline

    label="Multiple (frontend)"

    wire:model="users_multi_searchable_offline_ids"

    :options="$users"

    placeholder="Search ..."

    clearable

    searchable />

Searchable (server)

When dealing with large options list use searchable parameter. By default, it calls search() method to get fresh options from "server side" while typing. You can change the method's name by using search-function parameter.


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@php    
        $usersSearchable = $this->usersSearchable;

        $usersMultiSearchable = $this->usersMultiSearchable;

@endphp

{{-- Notice `searchable` + `single` --}}

<x-choices

    label="Searchable + Single"

    wire:model="user_searchable_id"

    :options="$usersSearchable"

    placeholder="Search ..."

    single 
    searchable />



{{-- Notice custom `search-function` --}}

<x-choices

    label="Searchable + Multiple"

    wire:model="users_multi_searchable_ids"

    :options="$usersMultiSearchable"

    placeholder="Search ..."

    search-function="searchMulti" 
    no-result-text="Ops! Nothing here ..."

    no-progress

    searchable />

You must also consider displaying pre-selected items on list, when it first renders and while searching. There are many approaches to make it work, but here is an example for single search. 

new class extends Component {



    // Selected option

    public ?int $user_searchable_id = null;



    // Options list

    public Collection $usersSearchable;



    public function mount()

    {

        // Fill options when component first renders

        $this->search();

    }



    // Also called as you type

    public function search(string $value = '')

    {

        // Besides the search results, you must include on demand selected option

        $selectedOption = User::where('id', $this->user_searchable_id)->get();



        $this->usersSearchable = User::query()

            ->where('name', 'like', "%$value%")

            ->take(5)

            ->orderBy('name')

            ->get()

            ->merge($selectedOption);     // <-- Adds selected option 

    }

}

Sometimes you don't want to hit a datasource on every keystroke. So, you can make use of debounce to control over how often a network request is sent.

Combine it with min-chars attribute to avoid hit search method itself until you have typed such amount of chars.

Searchable + Single + Debounce + Min chars
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@php    
    $usersSearchableMinChars = $this->usersSearchableMinChars;

@endphp

{{-- Notice `min-chars` and `debounce` --}}

<x-choices

    label="Searchable + Single + Debounce + Min chars"

    wire:model="user_searchable_min_chars_id"

    :options="$usersSearchableMinChars"

    search-function="searchMinChars"

    debounce="300ms"                {{-- Default is `250ms` --}}
    min-chars="2"                   {{-- Default is `0` --}}

    hint="Type at least 2 chars"

    single

    searchable />

You can pass any extra arbitrary search parameters like this. 

{{-- Notice `search-function` with extra arbitrary parameters --}}

<x-choices

    label="Extra parameters"

    wire:model="user_id"

    :options="$users"

    search-function="searchExtra(123, 'thing')" 
    searchable />

public function search(string $value = '', int $extra1 = 0, string $extra2 = '')

{

    // The first parameter is the default and comes from the search input.

}

Slots

You have full control on rendering items by using the @scope('item', $object) special blade directive. It injects the current $object from the loop's context and achieves the same behavior that you would expect from the Vue/React scoped slots.

You can customize the list item and selected item slot. Searchable (online) works with blade syntax.

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@php    
    $users = $this->users;

@endphp

<x-choices label="Slots (online)" wire:model="user_custom_slot_id" :options="$users" single>

    {{-- Item slot --}}

    @scope('item', $user)

        <x-list-item :item="$user" sub-value="bio">

            <x-slot:avatar>

                <x-icon name="o-user" class="bg-primary/10 p-2 w-9 h-9 rounded-full" />

            </x-slot:avatar>

            <x-slot:actions>

                <x-badge :value="$user->username" class="badge-soft badge-primary badge-sm" />

            </x-slot:actions>

        </x-list-item>

    @endscope



    {{-- Selection slot--}}

    @scope('selection', $user)

        {{ $user->name }} ({{ $user->username }})

    @endscope

</x-choices>

You can append or prepend anything like this. Make sure to use appropriated css round class on left or right.

Slots
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@php    
    $users = $this->users

@endphp

<x-choices label="Slots" wire:model="user_custom_slot_id" :options="$users" single>

    <x-slot:prepend>

        {{-- Add `join-item` to all prepended elements --}}

        <x-button icon="o-trash" class="join-item" />

    </x-slot:prepend>

    <x-slot:append>

        {{-- Add `join-item` to all appended elements --}}

        <x-button label="Create" icon="o-plus" class="join-item btn-primary" />

    </x-slot:append>

</x-choices>

Note about large numbers

This component uses the options id values to handle selection. It tries to determine if these values are a int or string.

But, due to Javascript limitation with large numbers like these below, it will break. 

public array $options = [

    [

        'id' => 264454000038134081,  # <-- Javascript won't handle this number // 

        'name' => 'Test 1',

    ],

    [

        'id' => '264454000038134082',  # <-- It is good! // 

        'name' => 'Test 2',

    ],

];

As workaround, define the id as a string and use values-as-string attribute instead. 

<x-choices ... values-as-string />

<x-choices-offline ... values-as-string />

Events

You can catch component events just like described on Livewire docs. In this case the component will trigger the @change-selection and it will contain the selected items keys.

The payload contains a single key or an array of keys, depending on how you set the component. Because it is a custom event, you must access the key(s) via the detail.value property on the event. 

<x-choices ... @change-selection="console.log($event.detail.value)" />

<x-choices-offline ... @change-selection="console.log($event.detail.value)" />
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