Select2 pattern.

Show a widget which enhances dropdown selections with automatic suggestions, search, and tagging functionality.

Configuration

Option	Type	Default	Description
separator	string	','	Analagous to the separator constructor parameter from Select2. Defines a custom separator used to distinguish the tag values. Ex: a value of ";" will allow tags and initialValues to have values separated by ";" instead of the default ",".
initialValues	string	null	This can be a json encoded string, or a list of id:text values. Ex: Red:The Color Red,Orange:The Color Orange This is used inside the initSelection method, if AJAX options are NOT set.
vocabularyUrl	string	null	This is a URL to a JSON-formatted file used to populate the list.
allowNewItems	string	true	All new items to be entered into the widget.
onSelecting	string or function	null	Name of global function or function to call when value is selecting.
onSelected	string or function	null	ame of global function or function to call when value has been selected.
onDeselecting	string or function	null	Name of global function or function to call when value is deselecting.
onDeselected	string or function	null	Name of global function or function to call when value has been deselected.

For more options on select2 go to http://ivaynberg.github.io/select2/#documentation

Examples

Autocomplete with search (single select)

Acholi Afrikaans Akan Albanian Amharic Arabic Ashante Asl Assyrian Azerbaijani Azeri

<select class="pat-select2" data-pat-select2="width:20em;">
    <option value="Acholi">Acholi</option>
    <option value="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</option>
    <option value="Akan">Akan</option>
    <option value="Albanian">Albanian</option>
    <option value="Amharic">Amharic</option>
    <option value="Arabic">Arabic</option>
    <option value="Ashante">Ashante</option>
    <option value="Asl">Asl</option>
    <option value="Assyrian">Assyrian</option>
    <option value="Azerbaijani">Azerbaijani</option>
    <option value="Azeri">Azeri</option>
</select>

Tagging

<input
    class="pat-select2"
    type="text"
    data-pat-select2="separator:,;
                      tags:Red,Yellow,Green,Orange,Purple;
                      width:20em;
                      initialValues:Red:The Color Red,Orange:The Color Orange"
    value="Red,Orange"
/>

Orderable tags

<input
    class="pat-select2"
    type="text"
    data-pat-select2="orderable:true;
                      tags:Red,Yellow,Green;
                      width:20em"
/>

AJAX tags

<input
    class="pat-select2"
    type="hidden"
    data-pat-select2="placeholder:Search for a Value;
                      vocabularyUrl:select2-test.json;
                      width:20em"
/>