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The LiveSelect field is rendered by calling the live_select/3 function and passing it a form and the name of the field. LiveSelect creates a text input field in which the user can type text, and a hidden input field that will contain the value of the selected option. As the text changes, LiveSelect will render a dropdown below the text input containing the matching options, which the user can then select.

Selection can happen either using the keyboard, by navigating the options with the arrow keys and then pressing enter, or by clicking an option with the mouse.

Whenever an option is selected, LiveSelect will trigger a standard phx-change event in the form. See the "Examples" section below for details on how to handle the event.

After an option has been selected, the selection can be undone by clicking on text field.

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Reacting to user's input

Whenever the user types something in the text input, LiveSelect sends a LiveSelect.ChangeMsg.t/0 message to your LiveView. The message has a text property containing the current text entered by the user, and a field property with the name of the LiveSelect field. The LiveView's job is to handle_info/2 the message and then call update_options/2 to update the dropdown's content with the new set of selectable options. See the "Examples" section below for details.

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Examples

Here's an example that describes all the moving parts in detail. The user can search for cities. The LiveSelect main form input is called city_search. When a city is selected, the coordinates of that city will be the value of the form input. The name of the selected city is available in the text input field named city_search_text_input.

Template:

<.form for={:my_form} :let={f} phx-change="change">
    <%= live_select f, :city_search %> 
</.form>

LiveView:

import LiveSelect

@impl true
def handle_info(%LiveSelect.ChangeMsg{} = change_msg, socket) do 
  cities = City.search(change_msg.text)
  # cities could be:
  # [ {"city name 1", [lat_1, long_1]}, {"city name 2", [lat_2, long_2]}, ... ]
  #
  # but it could also be (no coordinates in this case):
  # [ "city name 1", "city name 2", ... ]
  #
  # or:
  # [ [label: "city name 1", value: [lat_1, long_1]], [label: "city name 2", value: [lat_2, long_2]], ... ] 
  #
  # or even:
  # ["city name 1": [lat_1, long_1], "city name 2": [lat_2, long_2]]

  update_options(change_msg, cities)
  
  {:noreply, socket}
end

@impl true
def handle_event(
      "change",
      %{"my_form" => %{"city_search_text_input" => city_name, "city_search" => city_coords}},
      socket
    ) do
  IO.puts("You selected city #{city_name} located at: #{city_coords}")

  {:noreply, socket}
end  

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Multiple LiveSelect inputs in the same LiveView

If you have multiple LiveSelect inputs in the same LiveView, you can distinguish them based on the field. For example:

Template:

<.form for={:my_form} :let={f} phx-change="change">
    <%= live_select f, :city_search %> 
    <%= live_select f, :album_search %>
</.form>

LiveView:

@impl true
def handle_info(%LiveSelect.ChangeMsg{} = change_msg, socket) do
  options =
    case change_msg.field do
      :city_search -> City.search(change_msg.text)
      :album_search -> Album.search(change_msg.text)
    end

  update_options(change_msg, options)

  {:noreply, socket}
end

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Functions

Renders a LiveSelect input in a form with a given field name.

Updates a LiveSelect component with new options. change_msg must be the LiveSelect.ChangeMsg.t/0 originally sent by the LiveSelect, and options is the new list of options that will be used to fill the dropdown.

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live_select(form, field, opts \\ [])

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Renders a LiveSelect input in a form with a given field name.

LiveSelect renders a hidden input with name field which contains the selected option. The visible text input field will have the name #{field}_text_input.

Opts:

  • disabled - set this to a truthy value to disable the input field
  • placeholder - placeholder text for the input field
  • debounce - number of milliseconds to wait after the last keystroke before sending a LiveSelect.ChangeMsg.t/0 message. Defaults to 100ms
  • update_min_len - the minimum length of text in the text input field that will trigger an update of the dropdown. It has to be a positive integer. Defaults to 3
  • style - one of :tailwind (the default), :daisyui or :none. See the Styling section for details
  • active_option_class, container_class, container_extra_class, dropdown_class, dropdown_extra_class, option_class, option_extra_class, text_input_class, text_input_extra_class, text_input_selected_class - see the Styling section for details
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update_options(change_msg, options)

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Updates a LiveSelect component with new options. change_msg must be the LiveSelect.ChangeMsg.t/0 originally sent by the LiveSelect, and options is the new list of options that will be used to fill the dropdown.

Each option will be assigned a label, which will be shown in the dropdown, and a value, which will be the value of the LiveSelect input when the option is selected.

options can be any enumerable of the following elements:

  • atoms, strings or numbers: In this case, each element will be both label and value for the option
  • tuples: {label, value} corresponding to label and value for the option
  • maps: %{label: label, value: value}
  • keywords: [label: label, value: value]

This means you can use maps and keyword lists to pass the list of options, for example:

%{Red: 1, Yellow: 2, Green: 3}

Will result in 3 options with labels :Red, :Yellow, :Green and values 1, 2, and 3.

Note that the option values, if they are not strings, will be JSON-encoded. Your LiveView will receive this JSON-encoded version in the phx-change and phx-submit events.