SelectFilter is a jQuery plugin for creating dependent select boxes where options are derived based on the value selected from other select element(s).
How to use it:
Link to jQuery library and the jQuery SelectFilter plugin's script
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="selectFilter.min.js"></script>Create select boxes and uses HTML5 data attributes to configure the dependent select options.
<select data-target="secondList" class="firstList selectFilter"> <option value="-1">Select</option> <option data-ref="one" >First One</option> <option data-ref="two" >First Two</option> <option data-ref="three">First Three</option> </select> <br /> <br /> <select data-target="thirdList" class="secondList selectFilter"> <option value="-1">Select</option> <option data-ref="A" data-belong="one" >First One</option> <option data-ref="B" data-belong="two">First Two</option> <option data-ref="C" data-belong="three">First Three</option> <option data-ref="D" data-belong="one">Second One</option> <option data-ref="E" data-belong="two">Second Two</option> <option data-ref="F" data-belong="three">Second Three</option> </select> <br /> <br /> <select class="thirdList selectFilter"> <option value="-1">Select</option> <option data-belong="A" >First One</option> <option data-belong="B">First Two</option> <option data-belong="C">First Three</option> <option data-belong="D">Second One</option> <option data-belong="E">Second Two</option> <option data-belong="F">Second Three</option> <option data-belong="A">Third One</option> <option data-belong="B">Third Two</option> <option data-belong="C">Third Three</option> </select>Note:
- selectFilter is a class for select to enable selectFilter plugin.
- data-target is use to target class of all select.
- data-ref is use to refer the value to filter.
- data-belong is use to filter the select by data-ref.
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