Select Category

<et2-select-cat> | Et2SelectCategory

Since 23.1

Slots

Name	Description
`label`	The input’s label. Alternatively, you can use the `label` attribute.
`prefix`	Used to prepend a presentational icon or similar element to the combobox.
`suffix`	Used to append a presentational icon or similar element to the input.
`expand-icon`	The icon to show when the control is expanded and collapsed. Rotates on open and close.
`help-text`	Text that describes how to use the input. Alternatively, you can use the `help-text` attribute.

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Properties

Name	Description	Type	Default
`accesskey`	Accesskey provides a hint for generating a keyboard shortcut for the current element. The attribute value must consist of a single printable character.	`string`	-
`actions`	Actions (passed to the tree)	`{}`	`{}`
`align`	Used by Et2Box to determine alignment. Allowed values are left, right	`string`	-
`application`	Application to get categories from	`string`	`''`
`autofocus`	Have browser focus this input on load. Overrides etemplate2.focusOnFirstInput(), use only once per page https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input#attributes	`boolean`	-
`autoloading`	“JSON URL or menuaction to be called for nodes marked with child=1, but not having children, getSelectedNode() contains node-id”	`string`	`""`
`class`	CSS Class. This class is applied to the outside, on the web component itself. Due to how WebComponents work, this might not change anything inside the component.	`string`	-
`clearable`	Adds a clear button when the dropdown is not empty.	`boolean`	`false`
`data`	Set the dataset from a CSV	`string`	-
`deferredProperties`	Any attribute that refers to row content cannot be resolved immediately, but some like booleans cannot stay a string because it’s a boolean attribute. We store them for later, and parse when they’re fully in their row. If you are creating a widget that can go in a nextmatch row, and it has boolean attributes that can change for each row, add those attributes into deferredProperties	-	-
`disabled`	Defines whether this widget is visibly disabled. The widget is still visible, but clearly cannot be interacted with. Widgets disabled in the template will not return a value to the application code, even if re-enabled via javascript before submitting. To allow a disabled widget to be re-enabled and return a value, disable via javascript in the app’s et2_ready() instead of an attribute in the template file.	`boolean`	`false`
`dom_id`	Get the actual DOM ID, which has been prefixed to make sure it’s unique.	`string`	-
`emptyLabel`	Textual label for first row, eg: ‘All’ or ‘None’. It’s value will be ″	`String`	`""`
`globalCategories`	Include global categories	`boolean`	`true`
`hasFeedbackFor`	Get a list of feedback types	`string[]`	-
`helpText`	The component’s help text. If you need to display HTML, use the `help-text` slot instead.	`string`	`""`
`hidden`	The widget is not visible. As far as the user is concerned, the widget does not exist. Widgets hidden with an attribute in the template may not be created in the DOM, and will not return a value. Widgets can be hidden after creation, and they may return a value if hidden this way.	`boolean`	-
`id`	Get the ID of the widget	`string`	-
`label`	The label of the widget Legacy support for labels with %s that get wrapped around the widget Not the best way go with webComponents - shouldn’t modify their DOM like this	`string`	-
`leafOnly`	If true, only leafs (NOT folders) are selectable	-	-
`noLang`	Disable any translations for the widget	`boolean`	`true`
`open`	Indicates whether the dropdown is open. You can toggle this attribute to show and hide the tree, or you can use the `show()` and `hide()` methods and this attribute will reflect the open state.	`boolean`	`false`
`openAtSelection`	set the corresponding attribute if you want the tree to scroll to the selected item, when it is opened Please already supply the parents of the current selection in an open state from the server side if possible	`boolean`	`false`
`parentCat`	Show categories below this parent category	`{ type: Number }`	-
`parentId`	Parent is different than what is specified in the template / hierarchy. Widget ID of another node to insert this node into instead of the normal location	`string`	-
`placeholder`	Placeholder text to show as a hint when the select is empty.	`string`	`""`
`select_options`	Select box options Will be found automatically based on ID and type, or can be set explicitly in the template using	`SelectOption[]`	-
`statustext`	Tooltip which is shown for this element on hover	`string`	-
`styles`	WebComponent *	-	-
`tagTag`	Tag used for rendering tags when multiple=true Used for creating, finding & filtering options.	`StaticValue`	-
`translate`	List of properties that get translated	-	-
`value`	Selected tree leaves	`string \| string[]`	-
`_optionRenderPromise`	When we create the select option elements, it takes a while. If we don’t wait for them, it causes issues in SlSelect	`Promise`	-
`_optionTargetNode`	Get the node where we’re putting the options If this were a normal selectbox, this would be just the	`HTMLElement`	-
`needed`	Compatibility for deprecated name “needed” use required instead	-	-
`options`	Get property-values as object use widget methods	`object`	-
`readOnly`	Lion mapping true	-	-
`supportedWidgetClasses`	et2_widget compatability Legacy compatability. Some legacy widgets check their parent to see whats allowed	`array`	`[]`
`updateComplete`	A read-only promise that resolves when the component has finished updating.

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Events

Name	React Event	Description
`change`	Emitted when the control’s value changes.	`Event`
`sl-focus`	EVENT NEEDS A DESCRIPTION	`Event`
`sl-blur`	EVENT NEEDS A DESCRIPTION	`Event`
`sl-show`	Emitted when the suggestion menu opens.	-
`sl-after-show`	Emitted after the suggestion menu opens and all animations are complete.	-
`sl-hide`	Emitted when the suggestion menu closes.	-
`sl-after-hide`	Emitted after the suggestion menu closes and all animations are complete.	-

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Methods

Name	Description	Arguments
`blur()`	Removes focus from the control.	-
`checkCreateNamespace()`	Checks whether a namespace exists for this element in the content array. If yes, an own perspective of the content array is created. If not, the parent content manager is used. Constructor attributes are passed in case a child needs to make decisions	-
`clone()`	Creates a copy of this widget.	`_parent: et2_widget`
`createElementFromNode()`	Create a et2_widget from an XML node. First the type and attributes are read from the node. Then the readonly & modifications arrays are checked for changes specific to the loaded data. Then the appropriate constructor is called. After the constructor returns, the widget has a chance to further initialize itself from the XML node when the widget’s loadFromXML() method is called with the node.	`_node: , _name:`
`et2HandleBlur()`	If the value is unchanged, put any held validation messages back Named et2HandleBlur to avoid overwriting handleBlur() in Shoelace components	`_ev: FocusEvent`
`et2HandleFocus()`	When input receives focus, clear any validation errors. If the value is the same on blur, we’ll put them back The ones from the server (ManualMessage) can interfere with submitting. Named et2HandleFocus to avoid overwriting handleFocus() in Shoelace components	`_ev: FocusEvent`
`focus()`	Sets focus on the control.	`options: FocusOptions`
`getArrayMgr()`	Returns the array manager object for the given part	`managed_array_type: string`
`getArrayMgrs()`	Returns an associative array containing the top-most array managers.	`_mgrs: object`
`getChildren()`	Get child widgets Use .children to get web component children	-
`getInputNode()`	Get input to e.g. set aria-attributes	-
`getInstanceManager()`	Returns the instance manager	-
`getPath()`	Returns the path into the data array. By default, array manager takes care of this, but some extensions need to override this	-
`getRoot()`	Returns the base widget Usually this is the same as getInstanceManager().widgetContainer	-
`handleComboboxKeyDown()`	Keyboard events that the search input did not grab (tags, option navigation)	`event: KeyboardEvent`
`hide()`	Hides the tree.	-
`iconTemplate()`	Get the icon for the select option	`option:`
`isValid()`	Used by etemplate2 to determine if we can submit or not	`messages:`
`loadFromXML()`	Load extra stuff from the template node. In particular, we’re looking for any	`_node: Element`
`loadingFinished()`	Needed for legacy compatability.	`promises: Promise[]`
`localSearch()`	If you have a local list of options, you can search through them on the client and include them in the results. This is done independently from the server-side search, and the results are merged.	`search: string, searchOptions: object, localOptions: DataType[], options: object`
`optionSearch()`	Search options for a given value, returning the first matching option	`value: string, options: SelectOption[], searchKey: string, childKey: string`
`parseXMLAttrs()`	The parseXMLAttrs function takes an XML DOM attributes object and adds the given attributes to the _target associative array. This function also parses the legacyOptions. N.B. This is only used for legacy widgets. WebComponents use transformAttributes() and do their own handling of attributes.	`_attrsObj: , _target: object, _proto: et2_widget`
`set_label()`	NOT the setter, since we cannot add to the DOM before connectedCallback() TODO: This is not best practice. Should just set property, DOM modification should be done in render https://lit-element.polymer-project.org/guide/templates#design-a-performant-template	`value: string`
`setArrayMgr()`	Sets the array manager for the given part	`_part: string, _mgr: object`
`setArrayMgrs()`	Sets all array manager objects - this function can be used to set the root array managers of the container object.	`_mgrs: object`
`setInstanceManager()`	Set the instance manager Normally this is not needed as it’s set on the top-level container, and we just return that reference	`manager: etemplate2`
`show()`	Shows the tree.	-
`styleTemplate()`	Set CSS category colors	-
`submit()`	Called whenever the template gets submitted. We return false if the widget is not valid, which cancels the submission.	`_values:`
`tagsTemplate()`	Shows the currently selected values as tags when multiple=true	-
`toggleResultSelection()`	Toggles a search result’s selected state Overridden to handle multiple attribute so only 1 result is selected	`result: HTMLElement & SearchResultElement, force: boolean`
`validate()`	Massively simplified validate, as compared to what ValidatorMixin gives us, since ValidatorMixin extends FormControlMixin which breaks SlSelect’s render() We take all validators for the widget, and if there’s a value (or field is required) we check the value with each validator. For array values we check each element with each validator. If the value does not pass the validator, we collect the message and display feedback to the user. We handle validation errors from the server with ManualMessages, which always “fail”. If the value is empty, we only validate if the field is required.	`skipManual:`
`_emptyLabelTemplate()`	Render the “empty label”, used when the selectbox does not currently have a value	-
`_handleClick()`	Click handler calling custom handler set via onclick attribute to this.onclick	`_ev: MouseEvent`
`_labelTemplate()`	Common sub-template to add a label. This goes inside the form control wrapper div, before and at the same depth as the input controls.	-
`_oldChange()`	Change handler calling custom handler set via onchange attribute	`_ev: Event`
`_optionTemplate()`	Render a single option Override this method to specify how to render each option. In a normal selectbox, this would be something like: <option value="${option.value}" title="${option.title}" ?selected=${option.value == this.modelValue}> ${option.label} </option>`; but you can do whatever you need. To use a different WebComponent, just use its tag instead of “option”. We should even be able to pass the whole SelectOption across `<special-option .value=${option}></special-option>`	`option: SelectOption`
`_set_label()`	Do some fancy stuff on the label, splitting it up if there’s a %s in it Normally called from updated(), the “normal” setter stuff has already been run before this is called. We only override our special cases (%s) because the normal label has been set by the parent	`value: string`
`_setAriaAttributes()`	Set aria-attributes on our input node	-
`destroy()`	et2_widget compatability true	-
`set_class()`	Set the widget class Use this.class or this.classList instead	`new_class: string`
`set_disabled()`	Wrapper on this.disabled because legacy had it. Use widget.disabled for visually disabled, widget.hidden for visually hidden. Widgets that are hidden from the server via attribute or $readonlys will not be created. Widgets that are disabled from the server will not return a value to the application code.	`value: boolean`
`set_select_options()`	Set select options assign to select_options	`new_options: SelectOption[] \| { [key : string] : string }[]`
`set_statustext()`	supports legacy set_statustext use this.statustext	`value: string`

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Parts

Name	Description
`form-control`	The form control that wraps the label, input, and help text.

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