Multi Select Dropdown List with Checkbox In jQuery .
Multiselect dropdown is incredibly helpful to permit the user to pick out multiple choices in a select box. There are two ways to select multiple choices in a dropdown. The first one is a hold down the control(CTRL) button of the keyboard and the second one is, use jQuery to create a dropdown with a checkbox so the user can select multiple options in a select box. Later one is more user friendly and it makes web application more impressive.
So In this post, I will explain about jQuery Multiselect dropdown list with checkbox using bootstrap multiselect plugin. Bootstrap Multiselect is a JQuery based plugin that converts a simple dropdown list to multiple select dropdown with checkboxes.
Step 1: Add Below CSS and JS.
<head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-multiselect/0.9.13/css/bootstrap-multiselect.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.0.min.js"></script> <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-multiselect/0.9.13/js/bootstrap-multiselect.js"></script> </head>
Step 2: Add Below HTML code.
<body><center> <select name="skills[]" multiple id="skills"> <option value="Angular">Angular</option> <option value="React">React</option> <option value="VueJS">VueJS</option> <option value="Laravel">Laravel</option> <option value="JavaScript">JavaScript</option> <option value="Codeigniter">Codeigniter</option> <option value="PHP">PHP</option> <option value="Python">Python</option> <option value="Android">Android</option> <option value="iOS">iOS</option> <option value="HTML">HTML</option> <option value="XML">XML</option> <option value="MySql">MySql</option> <option value="PostgreSql">PostgreSql</option> </select> </body>
Step 3: Add the Below script.
<script> $('#skills').multiselect({ columns: 1, placeholder: 'Select Your Skills', search: true, includeSelectAllOption: true, }); </script>