React-Select

The Select control for React. Initially built for use in KeystoneJS.

See react-select.com for live demos and comprehensive docs.

react-select is funded by Thinkmill and Atlassian. We are an open source project that is continuously supported by the community.

React Select helps you develop powerful select components that just work out of the box, without stopping you from customising the parts that are important to you.

For the story behind this component, watch Jed's talk at React Conf 2019 - building React Select

Features include:

Flexible approach to data, with customisable functions
Extensible styling API with emotion
Component Injection API for complete control over the UI behaviour
Controllable state props and modular architecture
Long-requested features like option groups, portal support, animation, and more

Using an older version?

v3, v4, and v5 upgrade guide
v2 upgrade guide
React Select v1 documentation and examples are available at v1.react-select.com

Installation and usage

The easiest way to use react-select is to install it from npm and build it into your app with Webpack.

yarn add react-select

Then use it in your app:

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import Select from 'react-select';

const options = [
  { value: 'chocolate', label: 'Chocolate' },
  { value: 'strawberry', label: 'Strawberry' },
  { value: 'vanilla', label: 'Vanilla' },
];

export default function App() {
  const [selectedOption, setSelectedOption] = useState(null);

  return (
    <div className="App">
      <Select
        defaultValue={selectedOption}
        onChange={setSelectedOption}
        options={options}
      />
    </div>
  );
}

Props

Common props you may want to specify include:

autoFocus - focus the control when it mounts
className - apply a className to the control
classNamePrefix - apply classNames to inner elements with the given prefix
isDisabled - disable the control
isMulti - allow the user to select multiple values
isSearchable - allow the user to search for matching options
name - generate an HTML input with this name, containing the current value
onChange - subscribe to change events
options - specify the options the user can select from
placeholder - change the text displayed when no option is selected
noOptionsMessage - ({ inputValue: string }) => string | null - Text to display when there are no options
value - control the current value

See the props documentation for complete documentation on the props react-select supports.

Controllable Props

You can control the following props by providing values for them. If you don't, react-select will manage them for you.

value / onChange - specify the current value of the control
menuIsOpen / onMenuOpen / onMenuClose - control whether the menu is open
inputValue / onInputChange - control the value of the search input (changing this will update the available options)

If you don't provide these props, you can set the initial value of the state they control:

defaultValue - set the initial value of the control
defaultMenuIsOpen - set the initial open value of the menu
defaultInputValue - set the initial value of the search input

Methods

React-select exposes two public methods:

focus() - focus the control programmatically
blur() - blur the control programmatically

Customisation

Check the docs for more information on:

TypeScript

The v5 release represents a rewrite from JavaScript to TypeScript. The types for v4 and earlier releases are available at @types. See the TypeScript guide for how to use the types starting with v5.