JavaScript Dropdown and autocomplete column type

Jspreadsheet brings a very powerful, flexivel and responsive dropdown column type to bring a better user experience to your applications. The new dropdown column options include autocomplete, multiple options, remote search, dynamic new options, data picker, different template types and much more advantages, such as:

  • Create a simple dropdown from array
  • Value or key-value selectbox is available
  • Populate a dropdown from a external JSON request
  • Dynamic autocomplete search based on another column value
  • Conditional dropdowns: options from a dropdown based on a method return
  • Multiple selection and internal dropdown search
  • Responsive data picker with multiple render types
  • Image icon and group items
  • Remote search
  • New options

The official dropdown documentation can be found at jSuites documentation.


1

Multiple and autocomplete options

The following example shows a the first column with the autocomplete and multiple flags active.



Source code

<html>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.js"></script>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<div id="spreadsheet"></div>

<script>
var data = [
    ['US', 'Wholemeal', 'Yes', '2019-02-12'],
    ['CA;US', 'Breakfast Cereals', 'Yes', '2019-03-01'],
    ['CA;BR', 'Grains', 'No', '2018-11-10'],
    ['BR', 'Pasta', 'Yes', '2019-01-12'],
];

jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet'), {
    data:data,
    columns: [
        { type:'dropdown', width:'200', title:'Product Origin', url:'/jspreadsheet/countries', autocomplete:true, multiple:true },
        { type:'text', width:'150', title:'Description' },
        { type:'dropdown', width:'100', title:'Stock', source:['No','Yes'] },
        { type:'calendar', width:'100', title:'Best before', format:'DD/MM/YYYY' },
    ],
    license: '39130-64ebc-bd98e-26bc4',
});
<script>

</script>
</html>


2

Conditional dropdown

The example below shows the dependency of the second column in relation to the first.



Source code

<html>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.js"></script>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<div id="spreadsheet2"></div>

<script>
var data2 = [
    [3, 'Cheese', true],
    [1, 'Apples', true],
    [2, 'Carrots', true],
    [1, 'Oranges', false],
];

var filterOptions = function(o, cell, x, y, value, config) {
    var value = o.getValueFromCoords(x - 1, y);

    if (value == 1) {
        config.source = ['Apples','Bananas','Oranges'];
    } else if (value == 2) {
        config.source = ['Carrots'];
    } else {
        config.source = ['Apples','Bananas','Carrots','Oranges','Cheese'];
    }

    return config;
}

jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet2'), {
    data: data2,
    columns: [
        { type:'dropdown', title:'Category', width:'300', source:[ {'id':'1', 'name':'Fruits'}, {'id':'2', 'name':'Legumes'}, {'id':'3', 'name':'General Food'} ] },
        { type:'dropdown', title:'Food', width:'200', source:['Apples','Bananas','Carrots','Oranges','Cheese'], filterOptions: filterOptions },
        { type: 'checkbox', title:'Buy', width:'100' },
    ],
    onchange: function(instance, cell, c, r, value) {
        if (c == 0) {
            var columnName = jspreadsheet.getColumnNameFromId([c + 1, r]);
            instance.jspreadsheet.setValue(columnName, '');
        }
    },
    license: '39130-64ebc-bd98e-26bc4',
});
<script>
</html>


3

Remote search

The following example shows the a column with a remote search including dynamic items not in the original spreadsheet.



Source code

<html>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.js"></script>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<div id="spreadsheet3"></div>

<script>
var data3 = [
    ['Paul', 'Ocado'],
    ['Jorge', 'Tesco'],
];

jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet3'), {
    data: data3,
    columns: [
        { type:'dropdown', width:'200px', title:'Contact', source:['Paul','Jorge'], options: { url: '/jspreadsheet/sample', remoteSearch:true, autocomplete:true } },
        { type:'text', title: 'Company', width: '300px' }
    ],
    license: '39130-64ebc-bd98e-26bc4',
});
<script>

</script>
</html>


4

Group, images, and advanced render options

Improve the user experience with a responsive data picker.



Source code

<html>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.js"></script>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<div id="spreadsheet4"></div>

<script>
var data4 = [
    [1, 'Morning'],
    [2, 'Morning'],
    [3, 'Afternoon'],
    [3, 'Evening'],
];

jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet4'), {
    data: data4,
    columns: [
        {
            type:'dropdown',
            title:'Category',
            width:'300',
            source:[
                { id:'1', name:'Richard', image:'/templates/default/img/1.jpg', title:'Admin', group:'Secretary' },
                { id:'2', name:'Cosme Sergio', image:'/templates/default/img/2.jpg', title:'Teacher', group:'Docent' },
                { id:'3', name:'Rose Mary', image:'/templates/default/img/3.png', title:'Teacher', group:'Docent' },
                { id:'4', name:'Fernanda', image:'/templates/default/img/3.png', title:'Admin', group:'Secretary' },
                { id:'5', name:'Roger', image:'/templates/default/img/3.png', title:'Teacher', group:'Docent' },
            ]
        },
        {
            type:'dropdown',
            title:'Working hours',
            width:'200',
            source:['Morning','Afternoon','Evening'],
            options: { type:'picker' },
        },
    ],
    license: '39130-64ebc-bd98e-26bc4',
});
<script>
</html>


5

New options

Allowing new options to be added by the user.



Source code

<html>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.js"></script>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jspreadsheet.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v5/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<div id="spreadsheet5"></div>

<script>
var data5 = [
    [1, 'Beatles'],
    [2, 'Beatles'],
    [3, 'Beatles'],
    [4, 'Beatles'],
];

jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet5'), {
    data: data5,
    columns: [
        {
            type: 'dropdown',
            title: 'Name',
            width: '300px',
            source: [
                { id:'1', name:'Paul' },
                { id:'2', name:'Ringo' },
                { id:'3', name:'George' },
                { id:'4', name:'John' },
            ],
            options: { newOptions: true }
        },
        {
            type:'dropdown',
            title:'Band',
            width:'200px',
            source: ['Beatles'],
        },
    ],
    license: '39130-64ebc-bd98e-26bc4',
});
<script>
</html>