MultiSelect

Custom searchable multi select

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@mantine/core

Made with Combobox

MultiSelect is an opinionated component built on top of Combobox component. It has a limited set of features to cover only the basic use cases. If you need more advanced features, you can build your own component with Combobox. You can find examples of custom multi select components on the examples page.

Usage

MultiSelect provides a way to enter multiple values. MultiSelect is similar to TagsInput, but it does not allow entering custom values.

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
    />
  );
}

Controlled

MultiSelect value must be an array of strings, other types are not supported. onChange function is called with an array of strings as a single argument.

import { useState } from 'react';
import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  const [value, setValue] = useState<string[]>([]);
  return <MultiSelect data={[]} value={value} onChange={setValue} />;
}

Clearable

Set clearable prop to display the clear button in the right section. The button is not displayed when:

The component does not have a value
The component is disabled
The component is read only

Your favorite libraries

React

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      defaultValue={['React']}
      clearable
    />
  );
}

Searchable

Set searchable prop to allow filtering options by user input:

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      searchable
    />
  );
}

Controlled search value

You can control search value with searchValue and onSearchChange props:

import { useState } from 'react';
import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  const [searchValue, setSearchValue] = useState('');
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      searchable
      searchValue={searchValue}
      onSearchChange={setSearchValue}
      data={[]}
    />
  );
}

Nothing found

Set the nothingFoundMessage prop to display a given message when no options match the search query or there is no data available. If the nothingFoundMessage prop is not set, the MultiSelect dropdown will be hidden.

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      searchable
      nothingFoundMessage="Nothing found..."
    />
  );
}

Checked option icon

Set checkIconPosition prop to left or right to control position of check icon in active option. To remove the check icon, set withCheckIcon={false}.

Control check icon

React

With check icon

Check icon position

Left

Right

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      checkIconPosition="left"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Svelte', 'Vue']}
      dropdownOpened
      pb={150}
      label="Control check icon"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      defaultValue={["React"]}
    />
  );
}

Max selected values

You can limit the number of selected values with maxValues prop. This will not allow adding more values once the limit is reached.

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Select up to 2 libraries"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      maxValues={2}
    />
  );
}

Hide selected options

To remove selected options from the list of available options, set hidePickedOptions prop:

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      hidePickedOptions
    />
  );
}

Data formats

MultiSelect data prop accepts data in one of the following formats:

Array of strings:

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return <MultiSelect data={['React', 'Angular']} />;
}

Array of object with value, label and optional disabled keys:

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      data={[
        { value: 'react', label: 'React' },
        { value: 'ng', label: 'Angular' },
      ]}
    />
  );
}

Array of groups with string options:

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      data={[
        { group: 'Frontend', items: ['React', 'Angular'] },
        { group: 'Backend', items: ['Express', 'Django'] },
      ]}
    />
  );
}

Array of groups with object options:

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      data={[
        { group: 'Frontend', items: [{ value: 'react', label: 'React' }, { value: 'ng', label: 'Angular' }] },
        { group: 'Backend', items: [{ value: 'express', label: 'Express' }, { value: 'django', label: 'Django' }] },
      ]}
    />
  );
}

Options filtering

By default, MultiSelect filters options by checking if the option label contains input value. You can change this behavior with filter prop.filter function receives an object with the following properties as a single argument:

options – array of options or options groups, all options are in { value: string; label: string; disabled?: boolean } format
search – current search query
limit – value of limit prop passed to MultiSelect

Example of a custom filter function that matches options by words instead of letters sequence:

What countries have you visited?

import { MultiSelect, ComboboxItem, OptionsFilter } from '@mantine/core';

const optionsFilter: OptionsFilter = ({ options, search }) => {
  const splittedSearch = search.toLowerCase().trim().split(' ');
  return (options as ComboboxItem[]).filter((option) => {
    const words = option.label.toLowerCase().trim().split(' ');
    return splittedSearch.every((searchWord) => words.some((word) => word.includes(searchWord)));
  });
};

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="What countries have you visited?"
      placeholder="Pick values"
      data={['Great Britain', 'Russian Federation', 'United States']}
      filter={optionsFilter}
      searchable
    />
  );
}

Sort options

By default, options are sorted by their position in the data array. You can change this behavior with filter function:

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect, ComboboxItem, OptionsFilter } from '@mantine/core';

const optionsFilter: OptionsFilter = ({ options, search }) => {
  const filtered = (options as ComboboxItem[]).filter((option) =>
    option.label.toLowerCase().trim().includes(search.toLowerCase().trim())
  );

  filtered.sort((a, b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label));
  return filtered;
};

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick values"
      data={['4 – React', '1 – Angular', '3 – Vue', '2 – Svelte']}
      filter={optionsFilter}
      searchable
    />
  );
}

Large data sets

The best strategy for large data sets is to limit the number of options that are rendered at the same time. You can do it with limit prop. Note that if you use a custom filter function, you need to implement your own logic to limit the number of options in filter

Example of MultiSelect with 100 000 options, 5 options are rendered at the same time:

100 000 options autocomplete

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

const largeData = Array(100_000)
  .fill(0)
  .map((_, index) => `Option ${index}`);

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="100 000 options autocomplete"
      placeholder="Use limit to optimize performance"
      limit={5}
      data={largeData}
      searchable
    />
  );
}

renderOption

renderOption callback allows you to customize option rendering. It is called with option object and checked state. The function must return a React node.

Employees of the month

import { MultiSelect, MultiSelectProps, Avatar, Group, Text } from '@mantine/core';

const usersData: Record<string, { image: string; email: string }> = {
  'Emily Johnson': {
    image: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mantinedev/mantine/master/.demo/avatars/avatar-7.png',
    email: 'emily92@gmail.com',
  },
  'Ava Rodriguez': {
    image: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mantinedev/mantine/master/.demo/avatars/avatar-8.png',
    email: 'ava_rose@gmail.com',
  },
  'Olivia Chen': {
    image: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mantinedev/mantine/master/.demo/avatars/avatar-4.png',
    email: 'livvy_globe@gmail.com',
  },
  'Ethan Barnes': {
    image: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mantinedev/mantine/master/.demo/avatars/avatar-1.png',
    email: 'ethan_explorer@gmail.com',
  },
  'Mason Taylor': {
    image: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mantinedev/mantine/master/.demo/avatars/avatar-2.png',
    email: 'mason_musician@gmail.com',
  },
};

const renderMultiSelectOption: MultiSelectProps['renderOption'] = ({ option }) => (
  <Group gap="sm">
    <Avatar src={usersData[option.value].image} size={36} radius="xl" />
    <div>
      <Text size="sm">{option.value}</Text>
      <Text size="xs" opacity={0.5}>
        {usersData[option.value].email}
      </Text>
    </div>
  </Group>
);

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      data={['Emily Johnson', 'Ava Rodriguez', 'Olivia Chen', 'Ethan Barnes', 'Mason Taylor']}
      renderOption={renderMultiSelectOption}
      maxDropdownHeight={300}
      label="Employees of the month"
      placeholder="Search for employee"
    />
  );
}

Scrollable dropdown

By default, the options list is wrapped with ScrollArea.Autosize. You can control dropdown max-height with maxDropdownHeight prop if you do not change the default settings.

If you want to use native scrollbars, set withScrollArea={false}. Note that in this case, you will need to change dropdown styles with Styles API.

With scroll area (default)

With native scroll

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

const data = Array(100)
  .fill(0)
  .map((_, index) => `Option ${index}`);

function Demo() {
  return (
    <>
      <MultiSelect
        label="With scroll area (default)"
        placeholder="Pick value"
        data={data}
        maxDropdownHeight={200}
      />

      <MultiSelect
        label="With native scroll"
        placeholder="Pick value"
        data={data}
        withScrollArea={false}
        styles={{ dropdown: { maxHeight: 200, overflowY: 'auto' } }}
        mt="md"
      />
    </>
  );
}

Group options

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={[
        { group: 'Frontend', items: ['React', 'Angular'] },
        { group: 'Backend', items: ['Express', 'Django'] },
      ]}
    />
  );
}

Disabled options

When option is disabled, it cannot be selected and is ignored in keyboard navigation. Note that user can still enter disabled option as a value. If you want to prohibit certain values, use controlled component and filter them out in onChange function.

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={[
        { value: 'react', label: 'React' },
        { value: 'ng', label: 'Angular' },
        { value: 'vue', label: 'Vue', disabled: true },
        { value: 'svelte', label: 'Svelte', disabled: true },
      ]}
    />
  );
}

Combobox props

You can override Combobox props with comboboxProps. It is useful when you need to change some of the props that are not exposed by MultiSelect, for example withinPortal:

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return <MultiSelect comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: false }} data={[]} />;
}

Change dropdown z-index

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return <MultiSelect comboboxProps={{ zIndex: 1000 }} data={[]} />;
}

Inside Popover

To use MultiSelect inside popover, you need to set withinPortal: false:

import { Popover, Button, MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <Popover width={300} position="bottom" withArrow shadow="md">
      <Popover.Target>
        <Button>Toggle popover</Button>
      </Popover.Target>
      <Popover.Dropdown>
        <MultiSelect
          label="Your favorite libraries"
          placeholder="Pick values"
          data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
          comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: false }}
        />
      </Popover.Dropdown>
    </Popover>
  );
}

Control dropdown opened state

You can control dropdown opened state with dropdownOpened prop. Additionally, you can use onDropdownClose and onDropdownOpen to listen to dropdown opened state changes.

Your favorite library

import { MultiSelect, Button } from '@mantine/core';
import { useDisclosure } from '@mantine/hooks';

function Demo() {
  const [dropdownOpened, { toggle }] = useDisclosure();
  return (
    <>
      <Button onClick={toggle} mb="md">
        Toggle dropdown
      </Button>

      <MultiSelect
        label="Your favorite library"
        placeholder="Pick values"
        data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
        dropdownOpened={dropdownOpened}
      />
    </>
  );
}

Dropdown position

By default, the dropdown is displayed below the input if there is enough space; otherwise it is displayed above the input. You can change this behavior by setting position and middlewares props, which are passed down to the underlying Popover component.

Example of dropdown that is always displayed above the input:

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick values"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      comboboxProps={{ position: 'top', middlewares: { flip: false, shift: false } }}
    />
  );
}

Dropdown width

To change dropdown width, set width prop in comboboxProps. By default, dropdown width is equal to the input width.

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      comboboxProps={{ width: 200, position: 'bottom-start' }}
    />
  );
}

Dropdown offset

To change dropdown offset, set offset prop in comboboxProps:

Your favorite library

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';
import classes from './Demo.module.css';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite library"
      placeholder="Pick values"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      classNames={classes}
      comboboxProps={{ position: 'bottom', middlewares: { flip: false, shift: false }, offset: 0 }}
    />
  );
}

Dropdown animation

By default, dropdown animations are disabled. To enable them, you can set transitionProps, which will be passed down to the underlying Transition component.

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick values"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      comboboxProps={{ transitionProps: { transition: 'pop', duration: 200 } }}
    />
  );
}

Dropdown padding

Zero padding

10px padding

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <>
      <MultiSelect
        label="Zero padding"
        placeholder="Pick value or enter anything"
        data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
        comboboxProps={{ dropdownPadding: 0 }}
      />
      <MultiSelect
        mt="md"
        label="10px padding"
        placeholder="Pick value or enter anything"
        data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
        comboboxProps={{ dropdownPadding: 10 }}
      />
    </>
  );
}

Dropdown shadow

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick values"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      comboboxProps={{ shadow: 'md' }}
    />
  );
}

Left and right sections

MultiSelect supports leftSection and rightSection props. These sections are rendered with absolute position inside the input wrapper. You can use them to display icons, input controls or any other elements.

You can use the following props to control sections styles and content:

rightSection/leftSection – React node to render on the corresponding side of input
rightSectionWidth/leftSectionWidth – controls width of the right section and padding on the corresponding side of the input. By default, it is controlled by component size prop.
rightSectionPointerEvents/leftSectionPointerEvents – controls pointer-events property of the section. If you want to render a non-interactive element, set it to none to pass clicks through to the input.

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect, rem } from '@mantine/core';
import { IconComponents } from '@tabler/icons-react';

function Demo() {
  const icon = <IconComponents style={{ width: rem(16), height: rem(16) }} />;
  return (
    <>
      <MultiSelect
        data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue']}
        leftSectionPointerEvents="none"
        leftSection={icon}
        label="Your favorite libraries"
        placeholder="Your favorite libraries"
      />
      <MultiSelect
        mt="md"
        data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue']}
        rightSectionPointerEvents="none"
        rightSection={icon}
        label="Your favorite libraries"
        placeholder="Your favorite libraries"
      />
    </>
  );
}

Input props

MultiSelect component supports Input and Input.Wrapper components features and all input element props. MultiSelect documentation does not include all features supported by the component – see Input documentation to learn about all available features.

Input label

Input description

Variant

Default

Filled

Unstyled

Size

Radius

Label

With asterisk

Description

Error

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Input label"
      description="Input description"
      placeholder="MultiSelect placeholder"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
    />
  );
}

Read only

Set readOnly to make the input read only. When readOnly is set, MultiSelect will not show suggestions and will not call onChange function.

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      readOnly
    />
  );
}

Disabled

Set disabled to disable the input. When disabled is set, user cannot interact with the input and MultiSelect will not show suggestions.

Your favorite libraries

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      label="Your favorite libraries"
      placeholder="Pick value"
      data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      disabled
    />
  );
}

Error state

Boolean error

With error message

Invalid name

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <>
      <MultiSelect
        label="Boolean error"
        placeholder="Boolean error"
        error
        data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      />
      <MultiSelect
        mt="md"
        label="With error message"
        placeholder="With error message"
        error="Invalid name"
        data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue', 'Svelte']}
      />
    </>
  );
}

Styles API

MultiSelect supports Styles API, you can add styles to any inner element of the component withclassNames prop. Follow Styles API documentation to learn more.

MultiSelect

Description

ReactAngular

Component Styles API

Hover over selectors to highlight corresponding elements

/*
 * Hover over selectors to apply outline styles
 *
 */

Get element ref

import { useRef } from 'react';
import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  const ref = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
  return <MultiSelect ref={ref} />;
}

Accessibility

If MultiSelect is used without label prop, it will not be announced properly by screen reader:

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

// Inaccessible input – screen reader will not announce it properly
function Demo() {
  return <MultiSelect />;
}

Set aria-label to make the input accessible. In this case label will not be visible, but screen reader will announce it:

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

// Accessible input – it has aria-label
function Demo() {
  return <MultiSelect aria-label="My input" />;
}

If label prop is set, input will be accessible it is not required to set aria-label:

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

// Accessible input – it has associated label element
function Demo() {
  return <MultiSelect label="My input" />;
}

To set aria-label on the clear button, use clearButtonProps. Note that it is required only when clearable is set.

import { MultiSelect } from '@mantine/core';

function Demo() {
  return (
    <MultiSelect
      data={[]}
      clearable
      clearButtonProps={{
        'aria-label': 'Clear input',
      }}
    />
  );
}

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