dropdown.dot.js

A super-flexible and clean JQuery Dropdown Plugin based on dot.js Templates.

Markup

<select data-template="#dropdown">     <option value="1" selected="selected">Super</option>     <option value="2">Awesome</option>     <option value="3">Dropdown</option> </select> 

dot.js Templates

<script id="dropdown-selected" type="text/x-dot-template"> {{=it.label}}<div class="arrow"><i></i></div> </script> <script id="dropdown" type="text/x-dot-template"> <div class="dropdown" tabindex="1">     <div class="selected">{{=it.selected.label}}</div>     <ul>         {{~it.items :item:index}}         <li data-index="{{=index}}">{{=item.label}}</li>         {{~}}     </ul> </div> </script> 

Basic Usage

$('select').dropdown(); 

Add additional data to your markup

For example you want to add a count for every item to show in the select menu next to the label.

<select data-template="#dropdown">     <option value="1" data-count="2" selected="selected">Super</option>     <option value="2" data-count="5">Awesome</option>     <option value="3" data-count="1">Dropdown</option> </select> 

... and use it in your template with

{{=item.count}} 

Credits

Coded by Roger Dudler http://twitter.com/rogerdudler