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select2
Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results. -
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. -
JavaScript-autoComplete
An extremely lightweight and powerful vanilla JavaScript completion suggester. -
Amazon Autocomplete JS Plugin
🚀 Unlock the full power of the Amazon autocompletion engine right into your search input. JavaScript Plugin.
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README
Deprecated
This version of Chosen is not currently under active development while we decide on its future direction.
Chosen
Chosen is a library for making long, unwieldy select boxes more user friendly.
- jQuery support: 1.7+
- Prototype support: 1.7+
For documentation, usage, and examples, see: http://harvesthq.github.io/chosen/
For downloads, see: https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen/releases/
Package managers
Chosen is available through Bower, npm, and Composer, however, the package names are not the same.
To install with Bower:
bower install chosen
To install with npm:
npm install chosen-js
To install with Composer:
composer require harvesthq/chosen
The compiled files for these packages are automatically generated and stored in a 2nd Chosen repository. No pull requests will be accepted to that repository.
Contributing to this project
We welcome all to participate in making Chosen the best software it can be. The repository is maintained by only a few people, but has accepted contributions from over 50 authors after reviewing hundreds of pull requests related to thousands of issues. You can help reduce the maintainers' workload (and increase your chance of having an accepted contribution to Chosen) by following the [guidelines for contributing](contributing.md).
- [Bug reports](contributing.md#bugs)
- [Feature requests](contributing.md#features)
- [Pull requests](contributing.md#pull-requests)
Chosen Credits
- Concept and development by Patrick Filler for Harvest.
- Design and CSS by Matthew Lettini
- Repository maintained by @pfiller, @kenearley, @stof, @koenpunt, and @tjschuck.
- Chosen includes contributions by many fine folks.