CustomSelectControl

CustomSelectControl allows users to select an item from a single-option menu just like SelectControl, with the addition of being able to provide custom styles for each item in the menu. This means it does not use a native <select>, so should only be used if the custom styling is necessary.

Design guidelines

These are the same as the ones for SelectControls.

Development guidelines

Usage

import { useState } from 'react';
import { CustomSelectControl } from '@wordpress/components';

const options = [
    {
        key: 'small',
        name: 'Small',
        style: { fontSize: '50%' },
    },
    {
        key: 'normal',
        name: 'Normal',
        style: { fontSize: '100%' },
    },
    {
        key: 'large',
        name: 'Large',
        style: { fontSize: '200%' },
    },
    {
        key: 'huge',
        name: 'Huge',
        style: { fontSize: '300%' },
    },
];

function MyCustomSelectControl() {
    const [ , setFontSize ] = useState();
    return (
        <CustomSelectControl
            label="Font Size"
            options={ options }
            onChange={ ( { selectedItem } ) => setFontSize( selectedItem ) }
        />
    );
}

function MyControlledCustomSelectControl() {
    const [ fontSize, setFontSize ] = useState( options[ 0 ] );
    return (
        <CustomSelectControl
            label="Font Size"
            options={ options }
            onChange={ ( { selectedItem } ) => setFontSize( selectedItem ) }
            value={ options.find( ( option ) => option.key === fontSize.key ) }
        />
    );
}

Props

className: string

Optional classname for the component.

• Required: No

hideLabelFromVision: boolean

Hide the label visually, while keeping available to assistive technology.

• Required: No

describedBy: string

Description for the select trigger button used by assistive technology. If no value is passed, the text “Currently selected: selectedItem.name” will be used fully translated.

• Required: No

label: string

Label for the control.

• Required: Yes

onChange: ( newValue: ChangeObject ) => void

Function called with the control’s internal state changes. The selectedItem property contains the next selected item.

• Required: No

options: Array< Option >

The list of options that can be chosen from.

• Required: Yes

size: 'default' | 'small' | '\_\_unstable-large'

The size of the control.

• Default: 'default'
• Required: No

showSelectedHint: boolean

Show the hint of the selected item in the trigger button.

• Required: No

value: Option

Can be used to externally control the value of the control, like in the MyControlledCustomSelectControl example above.

• Required: No

onMouseOver: MouseEventHandler< HTMLButtonElement >

A handler for mouseover events on the trigger button.

• Required: No

onMouseOut: MouseEventHandler< HTMLButtonElement >

A handler for mouseout events on the trigger button.

• Required: No

onFocus: FocusEventHandler< HTMLButtonElement >

A handler for focus events on the trigger button.

• Required: No

onBlur: FocusEventHandler< HTMLButtonElement >

A handler for blur events on the trigger button.

• Required: No

Related components

• Like this component, but implemented using a native <select> for when custom styling is not necessary, the SelectControl component.

• To select one option from a set, when you want to show all the available options at once, use the Radio component.

• To select one or more items from a set, use the CheckboxControl component.

• To toggle a single setting on or off, use the ToggleControl component.

• If you have a lot of items, ComboboxControl might be a better fit.