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Create Multi Select Combobox / picklist in Lightning Salesforce

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Multi Select Combobox lightning component is easy to create and works for both single select and multi select.

Lightning comes with many pre-built components that are easy to use but still many components are missing by date. One of them is the multi-select Combobox/picklist component. We will create this within a single component without using any child component or event. You can find the complete source code in this post.

Multi Select Combobox component Features:

  • Single component
  • Options attribute to pass List
  • Option to switch between Single Select and Multi Select.
  • Separate attributes for single and multi select to get selected values.
  • search functionality to filter options
  • Option to set the minimum character to start searching
  • Ability to set the label of combobox
  • combobox disable functionality

Demo GIF:

Single Select Combobox:

Multi Select Combobox Lightning

 

Multi Select Combobox:

Multi Select Picklist Lightning

Requirement:

Step-1: Create the MultiSelectCombobox Component

For creating a new lightning component navigate to Developer Console > File > New > Lightning Component

Enter Name & Description and click Submit. Now component markup file will open y default. In the right sidebar, click on Controller, Helper, and Style to create those files too.

Lightning Bundle

Now since all the files are created, we will write markup for our component. I have used standard (Salesforce Lightning Design System) SLDS here for styling.

Markup for MultiSelectCombobox.cmp

MultiSelectCombobox.cmp
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<!-- Code by CafeForce || www.cafeforce.com || support@cafeforce.com || Mandatory Header -->
 
<aura:component>
 
<!-- Attributes that can be set while component calling-->
    <aura:attribute name="options" type="string" default="" required="true" />
    <aura:attribute name="value" type="String" default="" description="Selected value in single Select" />
    <aura:attribute name="values" type="List"   default="" description="Selected value in Multi Select" />
    <aura:attribute name="label" type="string" default="" description="Label will be displayed above input Box" />
    <aura:attribute name="minChar" type="Integer" default="1" description="Minimum character to type for search" />
    <aura:attribute name="disabled" type="Boolean" default="false" description="Disable the combobox" />
    <aura:attribute name="multiSelect" type="Boolean" default="false" description="Switch between single and multiSelect" />
 
    <!-- Internal Use Attributes -->
    <aura:handler name="init" value="{!this}" action="{!c.doInit}"/>
    <aura:attribute name="searchString"   type="string" access="private" default="" description="String to search"/>
    <aura:attribute name="message"   type="String" access="private" default="" />
 
    <!-- Component Markup -->
    <div>
        <aura:if isTrue="{!!empty(v.label)}">
<label class="slds-form-element__label">{!v.label}</label>
        </aura:if>
        <div class="slds-combobox_container">
            <div class="slds-combobox slds-dropdown-trigger slds-dropdown-trigger_click slds-is-open" aura:id="resultsDiv" aria-expanded="true" aria-haspopup="listbox" role="combobox">
                <div class="slds-combobox__form-element slds-input-has-icon slds-input-has-icon_right" role="none">
                    <lightning:input disabled="{!v.disabled}" aura:id="inputLookup" class="inputBox" placeholder="Select an Option" onblur="{!c.blurEvent}" onclick="{!c.showOptions}" onkeyup="{!c.filterOptions}" value="{!v.searchString}" autoComplete="off" variant="label-hidden" id="combobox-id-1" />
                    <lightning:icon class="slds-input__icon" iconName="utility:down" size="x-small" alternativeText="search"/>
                </div>
                <!-- Dropdown List -->
                <div id="listbox-id-1" class="slds-dropdown slds-dropdown_length-5 slds-dropdown_fluid" style="{! 'max-height:' + (8 + (v.recordCount * 40)) + 'px' }">
                    <ul class="slds-listbox slds-listbox_vertical recordListBox" role="presentation">
                        <aura:if isTrue="{!empty(v.message)}" >
                            <!-- To display Drop down List -->
                            <aura:iteration items="{!v.options}" var="option" >
                                <aura:if isTrue="{!option.disabled}">
                                    <li class="{!'slds-listbox__item disabledItem' + if(option.isVisible,'',' slds-hide')}">
                                        <span class="slds-media slds-listbox__option_entity verticalAlign slds-truncate">{!option.label}</span>
                                    </li>
                                    <aura:set attribute="else">
                                        <li id="{!option.value}" class="{!'slds-listbox__item eachItem' + if(option.isVisible,'',' slds-hide')}" onmousedown="{!c.selectItem}">
                                            <lightning:icon class="{!if(option.selected,'','slds-hide')}" iconName="utility:check" size="x-small" alternativeText="icon" />
                                            <span class="slds-media slds-listbox__option_entity verticalAlign slds-truncate">{!option.label}</span>
                                        </li>
                                    </aura:set>
                                </aura:if>
                            </aura:iteration>
                            <!-- To display Error Message -->
                            <aura:set attribute="else">
                                <li class="slds-listbox__item">
                                    <span class="slds-media slds-listbox__option_entity verticalAlign slds-truncate">{!v.message}</span>
                                </li>
                            </aura:set>
                        </aura:if>
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <aura:iteration items="{!v.options}" var="option">
            <aura:if isTrue="{!option.selected}">
             <lightning:pill class="slds-m-around_xx-small" name="{!option.value}" label="{!option.label}" onremove="{!c.removePill}"/>
            </aura:if>
        </aura:iteration>
</div>
</aura:component>
<!--
Code by CafeForce
Website: http://www.cafeforce.com
DO NOT REMOVE THIS HEADER/FOOTER FOR FREE CODE USAGE
-->

Now open the controller file MultiSelectComboboxController.js and paste the below code.

MultiSelectComboboxController.js
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({
    // To prepopulate the seleted value pill if value attribute is filled
doInit : function( component, event, helper ) {
        helper.doInitHelper(component);
},
 
    // When a keyword is entered in search box
filterOptions : function( component, event, helper ) {
        if( !$A.util.isEmpty(component.get('v.searchString')) ) {
    helper.filterOptionsHelper(component);
        } else {
            $A.util.removeClass(component.find('resultsDiv'),'slds-is-open');
        }
},
 
    // When an item is selected
selectItem : function( component, event, helper ) {
        if(!$A.util.isEmpty(event.currentTarget.id)) {
            helper.selectItemHelper(component, event);
        }
},
    
    showOptions : function( component, event, helper ) {
        var disabled = component.get("v.disabled");
        if(!disabled) {
         component.set("v.message", '');
            component.set('v.searchString', '');
            var options = component.get("v.options");
            options.forEach( function(element,index) {
                element.isVisible = true;
            });
            component.set("v.options", options);
            if(!$A.util.isEmpty(component.get('v.options'))) {
                $A.util.addClass(component.find('resultsDiv'),'slds-is-open');
            }
        }
},
 
    // To remove the selected item.
removePill : function( component, event, helper ){
        helper.removePillHelper(component, event);
    },
 
    // To close the dropdown if clicked outside the dropdown.
    blurEvent : function( component, event, helper ){
        helper.blurEventHelper(component);
    },
})
/*
Code by CafeForce
Website: http://www.cafeforce.com
DO NOT REMOVE THIS HEADER/FOOTER FOR FREE CODE USAGE
*/

Open the helper file MultiSelectComboboxHelper.js and paste the below code.

MultiSelectComboboxHelper.js
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({
    doInitHelper : function(component) {
        $A.util.toggleClass(component.find('resultsDiv'),'slds-is-open');
        var value = component.get('v.value');
        var values = component.get('v.values');
if( !$A.util.isEmpty(value) || !$A.util.isEmpty(values) ) {
            var searchString;
         var count = 0;
            var multiSelect = component.get('v.multiSelect');
var options = component.get('v.options');
            options.forEach( function(element, index) {
                if(multiSelect) {
                    if(values.includes(element.value)) {
                        element.selected = true;
                        count++;
                    }  
                } else {
                    if(element.value == value) {
                        searchString = element.label;
                    }
                }
            });
            if(multiSelect)
                component.set('v.searchString', count + ' options selected');
            else
                component.set('v.searchString', searchString);
            component.set('v.options', options);
}
    },
    
    filterOptionsHelper : function(component) {
        component.set("v.message", '');
        var searchText = component.get('v.searchString');
var options = component.get("v.options");
var minChar = component.get('v.minChar');
if(searchText.length >= minChar) {
            var flag = true;
options.forEach( function(element,index) {
                if(element.label.toLowerCase().trim().startsWith(searchText.toLowerCase().trim())) {
element.isVisible = true;
                    flag = false;
                } else {
element.isVisible = false;
                }
});
component.set("v.options",options);
            if(flag) {
                component.set("v.message", "No results found for '" + searchText + "'");
            }
}
        $A.util.addClass(component.find('resultsDiv'),'slds-is-open');
},
    
    selectItemHelper : function(component, event) {
        var options = component.get('v.options');
        var multiSelect = component.get('v.multiSelect');
        var searchString = component.get('v.searchString');
        var values = component.get('v.values') || [];
        var value;
        var count = 0;
        options.forEach( function(element, index) {
            if(element.value === event.currentTarget.id) {
                if(multiSelect) {
                    if(values.includes(element.value)) {
                        values.splice(values.indexOf(element.value), 1);
                    } else {
                        values.push(element.value);
                    }
                    element.selected = element.selected ? false : true;  
                } else {
                    value = element.value;
                    searchString = element.label;
                }
            }
            if(element.selected) {
                count++;
            }
        });
        component.set('v.value', value);
        component.set('v.values', values);
        component.set('v.options', options);
        if(multiSelect)
            component.set('v.searchString', count + ' options selected');
        else
            component.set('v.searchString', searchString);
        $A.util.removeClass(component.find('resultsDiv'),'slds-is-open');
    },
    
    removePillHelper : function(component, event) {
        var value = event.getSource().get('v.name');
        var multiSelect = component.get('v.multiSelect');
        var count = 0;
        var options = component.get("v.options");
        var values = component.get('v.values') || [];
        options.forEach( function(element, index) {
            if(element.value === value) {
                element.selected = false;
                values.splice(values.indexOf(element.value), 1);
            }
            if(element.selected) {
                count++;
            }
        });
        if(multiSelect)
         component.set('v.searchString', count + ' options selected');
        component.set('v.values', values)
        component.set("v.options", options);
    },
    
    blurEventHelper : function(component) {
        var selectedValue = component.get('v.value');
        var multiSelect = component.get('v.multiSelect');
        var previousLabel;
        var count = 0;
        var options = component.get("v.options");
        options.forEach( function(element, index) {
            if(element.value === selectedValue) {
                previousLabel = element.label;
            }
            if(element.selected) {
                count++;
            }
        });
        if(multiSelect)
         component.set('v.searchString', count + ' options selected');
        else
         component.set('v.searchString', previousLabel);
        
     if(multiSelect)
            event.preventDefault();
        else
         $A.util.removeClass(component.find('resultsDiv'),'slds-is-open');
    }
})
/*
Code by CafeForce
Website: http://www.cafeforce.com
DO NOT REMOVE THIS HEADER/FOOTER FOR FREE CODE USAGE
*/

Finally paste the CSS in MultiSelectCombobox.css file.

MultiSelectCombobox.css
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.THIS .verticalAlign {
cursor: pointer;
    padding: 0px 5px !important;
}
.THIS .slds-dropdown {
    padding:0px !important;
}
.THIS .fullWidth {
width: 100% !important;
}
.THIS .disabledItem {
    color: #bbb;
    cursor: no-drop;
}
.THIS .recordListBox {
margin-top:0px !important;
overflow-y: scroll;
}
.THIS .slds-listbox li {
    padding: .45rem 0.7rem !important;
    display: flex;
}
.THIS .inputBox input {
padding-left: 10px;
}
.THIS .eachItem:hover {
    background-color: #F1F1F1;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.THIS .inputIcon {
z-index: 99;
    padding: 2px 0;
}
 
/* For Scrolling */
.THIS ::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 7px;
    height: 7px;
}
.THIS ::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
   display: none !important;
}
.THIS ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    border-radius: 10px;
    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
}

Step-2: Now we will call the component.

For Single Select:

For Single Select Combobox
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<!-- Code by CafeForce || www.cafeforce.com || support@cafeforce.com -->
<aura:component>
 
    <aura:attribute name="options" type="List" default="[{'label':'Bob','value':'123'},
                                                         {'label':'Shubham','value':'234'},
                                                         {'label':'Chrissey','value':'345'},
                                                         {'label':'Jessica','value':'456','disabled': true},
                                                         {'label':'Sunny','value':'567'}]" />
    <aura:attribute name="selectedValue" type="String" default="" description="Selected value in single Select" />
 
    <c:MultiSelectCombobox options="{!v.options}" value="{!v.selectedValue}" label="Single Select Combobox"/>
 
</aura:component>

multi select picklist lightning

For Multi Select:

For Multi Select Combobox
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<!-- Code by CafeForce || www.cafeforce.com || support@cafeforce.com -->
<aura:component>
 
    <aura:attribute name="options" type="List" default="[{'label':'Bob','value':'123'},
                                                         {'label':'Shubham','value':'234'},
                                                         {'label':'Chrissey','value':'345'},
                                                         {'label':'Jessica','value':'456','disabled': true},
                                                         {'label':'Sunny','value':'567'}]" />
    <aura:attribute name="selectedValues" type="List" default="" description="Selected value in Multi Select" />
 
    <c:MultiSelectCombobox options="{!v.options}" values="{!v.selectedValues}" multiSelect="true" label="Multi Select Combobox"/>
 
</aura:component>

Finally, our component is ready to use. Now while calling this component, you need to pass the options list and attribute in which selected value will be stored. You can also set the additional attributes and switch between single and multi select component.

 

How to pass the data (Option list format):

Data should be passed as Object List in the form of label and value.

Eg: [{‘label’: ‘University of Texas’, ‘value’:’UTT112′}]

 

To disable a value in the list:

To disable a particular element in the options list, simply add ‘disabled’: true in that element object.

 

selected value in multi select combobox

multi select picklist dropdown

Also, Check:

To create a single-select custom lookup, check out: Custom Lookup Lightning Component

To create a Multi Select Lookup component, check out: Multi Select Lookup Lightning

For any queries or suggestions regarding this post, comment below:
Cheers … 🙂

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Rishika

Hi,
Using the above component, i am able select multiple picklist values…but pre populating them is a issue for me.
Could you please explain that as well?

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25 days ago
CaféForce
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CaféForce

Hi Rishika,

Thanks for your query. If you are using multiSelect attribute as true (Multi select combobox). You just have to pass list of values to prepopulate in the values attribute.
Eg – values=”[‘123’, ‘234’]”

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B N

Hi,

How to get the Selected Values in Parent Component, There is either Application or Component Event Declared in your Component.

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20 days ago
CaféForce
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CaféForce

Hi Dear,

You can get list of Ids of selected values in the ‘values’ attribute. This attribute has dual behavior. To prepopulate values or to get selected values list. There is no event fired right now.

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20 days ago