JavaScript API Examples
Examples of how to interact with the control programmatically.
var control = new TomSelect('#select-tools',{
maxItems: null,
valueField: 'id',
labelField: 'title',
searchField: 'title',
options: [
{id: 1, title: 'Spectrometer', url: 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrometers'},
{id: 2, title: 'Star Chart', url: 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_chart'},
{id: 3, title: 'Electrical Tape', url: 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_tape'}
],
create: false
});
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document.getElementById('button-clear').addEventListener('click', function() {
control.clear();
});
document.getElementById('button-clearoptions').addEventListener('click', function() {
control.clearOptions();
});
document.getElementById('button-addoption').addEventListener('click', function() {
control.addOption({
id: 4,
title: 'Something New',
url: 'http://google.com'
});
});
document.getElementById('button-additem').addEventListener('click', function() {
control.addItem(2);
});
document.getElementById('button-setvalue').addEventListener('click', function() {
control.setValue([2, 3]);
});
<select id="select-tools" multiple placeholder="Pick a tool..."></select>
<div class="buttons pt-3">
<input type="button" value="addItem()" id="button-additem">
<input type="button" value="addOption()" id="button-addoption">
<input type="button" value="setValue()" id="button-setvalue">
<input type="button" value="clear()" id="button-clear">
<input type="button" value="clearOptions()" id="button-clearoptions">
</div>