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Selectable Placeholder for selectize dropdown plugin
Selectize.define('selectable_placeholder', function( options ) {
var self = this;
options = $.extend({
placeholder: self.settings.placeholder,
html: function ( data ) {
return (
'<div class="selectize-dropdown-content placeholder-container">' +
'<div data-selectable class="option">' + data.placeholder + '</div>' +
'</div>'
);
}
}, options );
// override the setup method to add an extra "click" handler
self.setup = (function() {
var original = self.setup;
return function() {
original.apply(this, arguments);
self.$placeholder_container = $( options.html( options ) );
self.$dropdown.prepend( self.$placeholder_container );
self.$dropdown.on( 'click', '.placeholder-container', function () {
self.setValue( '' );
self.close();
self.blur();
});
};
})();
});
// Usage
$( '#my-select-element' ).selectize({
plugins: { 'selectable_placeholder': {} }
});
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jcxm360 commented Aug 4, 2016

Are you able to make it selectable with the keyboard - pressing enter/return?

@kevinpohlmeier
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I made it work with keyboard enter/return. I also made it compatible with the 'typing_mode' plugin.

https://jsbin.com/yefaguk/1/edit?html,js,output

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Actually, the plugin is no longer necessary. You can simply specify an "allowEmptyOption" setting.

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