ReactJS ComboBox Component

The ComboBox component for ReactJS contains an input field with auto-complete functionality and a list of selectable items displayed in a drop-down.

Prerequisites

Refer to ReactJS Getting Started before you start with this help topic.

Configuration

The ComboBox component for ReactJS requires the following imports.

Then we create our component class. Properties and methods are put as ReactJS props.

Finally we render our class in the desired HTML element:

Events Methods & Properties

In order to bind to any event, change any property or call any method, we need a reference to the component.
For that we use the ReactJS "ref" Callback Attribute:

Now, when we have a reference, we need to call the desired event/property/method.
This is done in the componentDidMount() ReactJS Component Lifecycle method.

Events

The change event is triggered when the user selects an item.

The following example demonstrates how to add an event listener:

Methods & Properties

This is how you call methods & props:

Every component have a method setOptions which accepts a object as an argument. This object contains component settings.

Every component also have a method getOptions which returns a object containing the component settings.

ComboBox Examples

Overview

The following example demonstrates how to create a ComboBox component.

Multi-Select ComboBox

This feature allows the selection of multiple values from ComboBox component.

ComboBox API

API Reference of the jQWidgets ComboBox component for React: ComboBox API