useSelect
Provides the behavior and accessibility implementation for a select component. A select displays a collapsible list of options and allows a user to select one of them.
install | yarn add @react-aria/select |
---|---|
version | 3.2.3 |
usage | import {useSelect} from '@react-aria/select' |
API#
useSelect<T>(
props: <T>,
state: <T>,
ref: RefObject<HTMLElement>
):
Features#
A select can be built using the <select>
and <option> HTML elements, but this is
not possible to style consistently cross browser, especially the options. useSelect
helps achieve accessible
select components that can be styled as needed without compromising on high quality interactions.
- Exposed to assistive technology as a button with a
listbox
popup using ARIA (combined with useListBox) - Support for selecting a single option
- Support for disabled options
- Support for sections
- Labeling support for accessibility
- Support for mouse, touch, and keyboard interactions
- Tab stop focus management
- Keyboard support for opening the listbox using the arrow keys, including automatically focusing the first or last item accordingly
- Typeahead to allow selecting options by typing text, even without opening the listbox
- Browser autofill integration via a hidden native
<select>
element - Support for mobile form navigation via software keyboard
- Mobile screen reader listbox dismissal support
Anatomy#
A select consists of a label, a button which displays a selected value, and a listbox, displayed in a
popup. Users can click, touch, or use the keyboard on the button to open the listbox popup. useSelect
handles exposing the correct ARIA attributes for accessibility and handles the interactions for the
select in its collapsed state. It should be combined with useListBox, which handles
the implementation of the popup listbox.
useSelect
returns props that you should spread onto the appropriate element:
Name | Type | Description |
labelProps | HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement> | Props for the label element. |
triggerProps |
| Props for the popup trigger element. |
valueProps | HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement> | Props for the element representing the selected value. |
menuProps | HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement> | Props for the popup. |
State is managed by the
hook from
@react-stately/select
. The state object should be passed as an option to useSelect
If a select does not have a visible label, an aria-label
or aria-labelledby
prop must be passed instead to identify it to assistive technology.
State management#
useSelect
requires knowledge of the options in the select in order to handle keyboard
navigation and other interactions. It does this using the
interface, which is a generic interface to access sequential unique keyed data. You can
implement this interface yourself, e.g. by using a prop to pass a list of item objects,
but
from
@react-stately/select
implements a JSX based interface for building collections instead.
See Collection Components for more information,
and Collection Interface for internal details.
In addition,
manages the state necessary for multiple selection and exposes
a
,
which makes use of the collection to provide an interface to update the selection state.
It also holds state to track if the popup is open.
For more information about selection, see Selection.
Example#
This example uses a <button>
element for the trigger, with a <span>
inside to hold the value,
and another for the dropdown arrow icon (hidden from screen readers with aria-hidden
).
A <> is used to render a hidden native
<select>
, which enables browser form autofill support.
The listbox popup uses
and
to render the
list of options. In addition, a <
>
is used to automatically restore focus to the trigger
when the popup closes. A hidden <
>
is added at the start and end of the popup to allow screen reader users to dismiss the popup.
This example does not do any advanced popover positioning or portaling to escape its visual container.
See useOverlayTrigger for an example of how to implement this
using .
In addition, see useListBox for examples of sections (option groups), and more complex options.
import {useSelectState} from '@react-stately/select';
import {Item} from '@react-stately/collections';
import {HiddenSelect} from '@react-aria/select';
import {useListBox useOption} from '@react-aria/listbox';
import {mergeProps} from '@react-aria/utils';
import {useButton} from '@react-aria/button';
import {useFocus} from '@react-aria/interactions';
import {FocusScope} from '@react-aria/focus';
import {useOverlay DismissButton} from '@react-aria/overlays';
function Select(props) {
// Create state based on the incoming props
let state = useSelectState(props);
// Get props for child elements from useSelect
let ref = ReactuseRef();
let {labelProps triggerProps valueProps menuProps} = useSelect(
props
state
ref
);
// Get props for the button based on the trigger props from useSelect
let {buttonProps} = useButton(triggerProps ref);
return (
<div style={position: 'relative' display: 'inline-block'}>
<div ...labelProps> propslabel</div>
<HiddenSelect
state= state
triggerRef= ref
label= propslabel
name= propsname
/>
<button ...buttonProps ref= ref style={height: 30 fontSize: 14}>
<span ...valueProps>
stateselectedItem
? stateselectedItemrendered
: 'Select an option'
</span>
<span aria-hidden="true" style={paddingLeft: 5}>
▼
</span>
</button>
stateisOpen && <ListBoxPopup ...menuProps state= state />
</div>
);
}
function ListBoxPopup({state ...otherProps}) {
let ref = ReactuseRef();
// Get props for the listbox
let {listBoxProps} = useListBox(
{
autoFocus: statefocusStrategy || true
disallowEmptySelection: true
...otherProps
}
state
ref
);
// Handle events that should cause the popup to close,
// e.g. blur, clicking outside, or pressing the escape key.
let overlayRef = ReactuseRef();
let {overlayProps} = useOverlay(
{
onClose: () => stateclose()
shouldCloseOnBlur: true
isOpen: stateisOpen
isDismissable: true
}
overlayRef
);
// Wrap in <FocusScope> so that focus is restored back to the
// trigger when the popup is closed. In addition, add hidden
// <DismissButton> components at the start and end of the list
// to allow screen reader users to dismiss the popup easily.
return (
<FocusScope restoreFocus>
<div ...overlayProps ref= overlayRef>
<DismissButton onDismiss=() => stateclose() />
<ul
...mergeProps(listBoxProps otherProps)
ref= ref
style={
position: 'absolute'
width: '100%'
margin: '4px 0 0 0'
padding: 0
listStyle: 'none'
border: '1px solid gray'
background: 'lightgray'
}>
[...statecollection]map((item) => (
<Option key= itemkey item= item state= state />
))
</ul>
<DismissButton onDismiss=() => stateclose() />
</div>
</FocusScope>
);
}
function Option({item state}) {
// Get props for the option element
let ref = ReactuseRef();
let isDisabled = statedisabledKeyshas(itemkey);
let isSelected = stateselectionManagerisSelected(itemkey);
let {optionProps} = useOption(
{
key: itemkey
isDisabled
isSelected
shouldSelectOnPressUp: true
shouldFocusOnHover: true
}
state
ref
);
// Handle focus events so we can apply highlighted
// style to the focused option
let [isFocused setFocused] = ReactuseState(false);
let {focusProps} = useFocus({onFocusChange: setFocused});
return (
<li
...mergeProps(optionProps focusProps)
ref= ref
style={
background: isSelected
? 'blueviolet'
: isFocused
? 'gray'
: 'transparent'
color: isSelected || isFocused ? 'white' : 'black'
padding: '2px 5px'
outline: 'none'
cursor: 'pointer'
}>
itemrendered
</li>
);
}
<Select label="Favorite Color">
<Item>Red</Item>
<Item>Orange</Item>
<Item>Yellow</Item>
<Item>Green</Item>
<Item>Blue</Item>
<Item>Purple</Item>
</Select>
import {useSelectState} from '@react-stately/select';
import {Item} from '@react-stately/collections';
import {HiddenSelect} from '@react-aria/select';
import {useListBox useOption} from '@react-aria/listbox';
import {mergeProps} from '@react-aria/utils';
import {useButton} from '@react-aria/button';
import {useFocus} from '@react-aria/interactions';
import {FocusScope} from '@react-aria/focus';
import {
useOverlay
DismissButton
} from '@react-aria/overlays';
function Select(props) {
// Create state based on the incoming props
let state = useSelectState(props);
// Get props for child elements from useSelect
let ref = ReactuseRef();
let {
labelProps
triggerProps
valueProps
menuProps
} = useSelect(props state ref);
// Get props for the button based on the trigger props from useSelect
let {buttonProps} = useButton(triggerProps ref);
return (
<div
style={
position: 'relative'
display: 'inline-block'
}>
<div ...labelProps> propslabel</div>
<HiddenSelect
state= state
triggerRef= ref
label= propslabel
name= propsname
/>
<button
...buttonProps
ref= ref
style={height: 30 fontSize: 14}>
<span ...valueProps>
stateselectedItem
? stateselectedItemrendered
: 'Select an option'
</span>
<span aria-hidden="true" style={paddingLeft: 5}>
▼
</span>
</button>
stateisOpen && (
<ListBoxPopup ...menuProps state= state />
)
</div>
);
}
function ListBoxPopup({state ...otherProps}) {
let ref = ReactuseRef();
// Get props for the listbox
let {listBoxProps} = useListBox(
{
autoFocus: statefocusStrategy || true
disallowEmptySelection: true
...otherProps
}
state
ref
);
// Handle events that should cause the popup to close,
// e.g. blur, clicking outside, or pressing the escape key.
let overlayRef = ReactuseRef();
let {overlayProps} = useOverlay(
{
onClose: () => stateclose()
shouldCloseOnBlur: true
isOpen: stateisOpen
isDismissable: true
}
overlayRef
);
// Wrap in <FocusScope> so that focus is restored back to the
// trigger when the popup is closed. In addition, add hidden
// <DismissButton> components at the start and end of the list
// to allow screen reader users to dismiss the popup easily.
return (
<FocusScope restoreFocus>
<div ...overlayProps ref= overlayRef>
<DismissButton onDismiss=() => stateclose() />
<ul
...mergeProps(listBoxProps otherProps)
ref= ref
style={
position: 'absolute'
width: '100%'
margin: '4px 0 0 0'
padding: 0
listStyle: 'none'
border: '1px solid gray'
background: 'lightgray'
}>
[...statecollection]map((item) => (
<Option
key= itemkey
item= item
state= state
/>
))
</ul>
<DismissButton onDismiss=() => stateclose() />
</div>
</FocusScope>
);
}
function Option({item state}) {
// Get props for the option element
let ref = ReactuseRef();
let isDisabled = statedisabledKeyshas(itemkey);
let isSelected = stateselectionManagerisSelected(
itemkey
);
let {optionProps} = useOption(
{
key: itemkey
isDisabled
isSelected
shouldSelectOnPressUp: true
shouldFocusOnHover: true
}
state
ref
);
// Handle focus events so we can apply highlighted
// style to the focused option
let [isFocused setFocused] = ReactuseState(false);
let {focusProps} = useFocus({onFocusChange: setFocused});
return (
<li
...mergeProps(optionProps focusProps)
ref= ref
style={
background: isSelected
? 'blueviolet'
: isFocused
? 'gray'
: 'transparent'
color: isSelected || isFocused ? 'white' : 'black'
padding: '2px 5px'
outline: 'none'
cursor: 'pointer'
}>
itemrendered
</li>
);
}
<Select label="Favorite Color">
<Item>Red</Item>
<Item>Orange</Item>
<Item>Yellow</Item>
<Item>Green</Item>
<Item>Blue</Item>
<Item>Purple</Item>
</Select>
import {useSelectState} from '@react-stately/select';
import {Item} from '@react-stately/collections';
import {HiddenSelect} from '@react-aria/select';
import {
useListBox
useOption
} from '@react-aria/listbox';
import {mergeProps} from '@react-aria/utils';
import {useButton} from '@react-aria/button';
import {useFocus} from '@react-aria/interactions';
import {FocusScope} from '@react-aria/focus';
import {
useOverlay
DismissButton
} from '@react-aria/overlays';
function Select(props) {
// Create state based on the incoming props
let state = useSelectState(
props
);
// Get props for child elements from useSelect
let ref = ReactuseRef();
let {
labelProps
triggerProps
valueProps
menuProps
} = useSelect(
props
state
ref
);
// Get props for the button based on the trigger props from useSelect
let {
buttonProps
} = useButton(
triggerProps
ref
);
return (
<div
style={
position:
'relative'
display:
'inline-block'
}>
<div
...labelProps>
propslabel
</div>
<HiddenSelect
state= state
triggerRef= ref
label=
propslabel
name= propsname
/>
<button
...buttonProps
ref= ref
style={
height: 30
fontSize: 14
}>
<span
...valueProps>
stateselectedItem
? state
selectedItem
rendered
: 'Select an option'
</span>
<span
aria-hidden="true"
style={
paddingLeft: 5
}>
▼
</span>
</button>
stateisOpen && (
<ListBoxPopup
...menuProps
state= state
/>
)
</div>
);
}
function ListBoxPopup({
state
...otherProps
}) {
let ref = ReactuseRef();
// Get props for the listbox
let {
listBoxProps
} = useListBox(
{
autoFocus:
statefocusStrategy ||
true
disallowEmptySelection: true
...otherProps
}
state
ref
);
// Handle events that should cause the popup to close,
// e.g. blur, clicking outside, or pressing the escape key.
let overlayRef = ReactuseRef();
let {
overlayProps
} = useOverlay(
{
onClose: () =>
stateclose()
shouldCloseOnBlur: true
isOpen:
stateisOpen
isDismissable: true
}
overlayRef
);
// Wrap in <FocusScope> so that focus is restored back to the
// trigger when the popup is closed. In addition, add hidden
// <DismissButton> components at the start and end of the list
// to allow screen reader users to dismiss the popup easily.
return (
<FocusScope
restoreFocus>
<div
...overlayProps
ref= overlayRef>
<DismissButton
onDismiss=() =>
stateclose()
/>
<ul
...mergeProps(
listBoxProps
otherProps
)
ref= ref
style={
position:
'absolute'
width:
'100%'
margin:
'4px 0 0 0'
padding: 0
listStyle:
'none'
border:
'1px solid gray'
background:
'lightgray'
}>
[
...statecollection
]map(
(item) => (
<Option
key=
itemkey
item=
item
state=
state
/>
)
)
</ul>
<DismissButton
onDismiss=() =>
stateclose()
/>
</div>
</FocusScope>
);
}
function Option({
item
state
}) {
// Get props for the option element
let ref = ReactuseRef();
let isDisabled = statedisabledKeyshas(
itemkey
);
let isSelected = stateselectionManagerisSelected(
itemkey
);
let {
optionProps
} = useOption(
{
key: itemkey
isDisabled
isSelected
shouldSelectOnPressUp: true
shouldFocusOnHover: true
}
state
ref
);
// Handle focus events so we can apply highlighted
// style to the focused option
let [
isFocused
setFocused
] = ReactuseState(
false
);
let {
focusProps
} = useFocus({
onFocusChange: setFocused
});
return (
<li
...mergeProps(
optionProps
focusProps
)
ref= ref
style={
background: isSelected
? 'blueviolet'
: isFocused
? 'gray'
: 'transparent'
color:
isSelected ||
isFocused
? 'white'
: 'black'
padding:
'2px 5px'
outline: 'none'
cursor: 'pointer'
}>
itemrendered
</li>
);
}
<Select label="Favorite Color">
<Item>Red</Item>
<Item>Orange</Item>
<Item>Yellow</Item>
<Item>Green</Item>
<Item>Blue</Item>
<Item>Purple</Item>
</Select>
Internationalization#
useSelect
and useListBox
handle some aspects of internationalization automatically.
For example, type to select is implemented with an
Intl.Collator
for internationalized string matching. You are responsible for localizing all labels and option
content that is passed into the select.
RTL#
In right-to-left languages, the select should be mirrored. The arrow should be on the left, and the selected value should be on the right. In addition, the content of list options should flip. Ensure that your CSS accounts for this.