HTML multiple column drop down with adjusted columns
inside of a select isn't valid HTML as far as I know, however this isn't hard to solve with jquery (http://jsfiddle.net/upgradellc/ASR2K/2):
html:
<select name="timezones" id="timezones">
<option value="1">Pacific/Auckland +12:00 </option>
<option value="2">Australia/Brisbane +10:00 </option>
<option value="3">Aust +10:00 </option>
<option value="3">A +10:00 </option>
</select>
javascript:
var spacesToAdd = 5;
var biggestLength = 0;
$("#timezones option").each(function(){
var len = $(this).text().length;
if(len > biggestLength){
biggestLength = len;
}
});
var padLength = biggestLength + spacesToAdd;
$("#timezones option").each(function(){
var parts = $(this).text().split('+');
var strLength = parts[0].length;
for(var x=0; x<(padLength-strLength); x++){
parts[0] = parts[0]+' ';
}
$(this).text(parts[0].replace(/ /g, '\u00a0')+'+'+parts[1]).text;
});
css, to make sure the fonts line up:
select{
font-family:"Courier New", Courier, monospace
}
I came here looking for a solution. Nothing met my needs so I rolled my own:
<style>
.selectedOrder {
height: 30px;
display:none;
}
/* class applies to select element itself, not a wrapper element */
.select-css {
font-size: 12px;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
color: #444;
line-height: 1.3;
padding: .6em 1.4em .5em .8em;
/* width: 100%; */
max-width: 100%; /* useful when width is set to anything other than 100% */
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
border: 1px solid #aaa;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.04);
border-radius: .5em;
-moz-appearance: none;
-webkit-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
background-color: #fff;
/* note: bg image below uses 2 urls. The first is an svg data uri for the arrow icon, and the second is the gradient.
for the icon, if you want to change the color, be sure to use `%23` instead of `#`, since it's a url. You can also swap in a different svg icon or an external image reference
*/
background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22292.4%22%20height%3D%22292.4%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23007CB2%22%20d%3D%22M287%2069.4a17.6%2017.6%200%200%200-13-5.4H18.4c-5%200-9.3%201.8-12.9%205.4A17.6%2017.6%200%200%200%200%2082.2c0%205%201.8%209.3%205.4%2012.9l128%20127.9c3.6%203.6%207.8%205.4%2012.8%205.4s9.2-1.8%2012.8-5.4L287%2095c3.5-3.5%205.4-7.8%205.4-12.8%200-5-1.9-9.2-5.5-12.8z%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E'),
linear-gradient(to bottom, #ffffff 0%,#e5e5e5 100%);
background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat;
/* arrow icon position (1em from the right, 50% vertical) , then gradient position*/
background-position: right .7em top 50%, 0 0;
/* icon size, then gradient */
background-size: .65em auto, 100%;
}
/* Hide arrow icon in IE browsers */
.select-css::-ms-expand {
display: none;
}
/* Hover style */
.select-css:hover {
border-color: #888;
}
/* Focus style */
.select-css:focus {
border-color: #aaa;
/* It'd be nice to use -webkit-focus-ring-color here but it doesn't work on box-shadow */
box-shadow: 0 0 1px 3px rgba(59, 153, 252, .7);
box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px -moz-mac-focusring;
color: #222;
outline: none;
}
/* Set options to normal weight */
.select-css option {
font-weight:normal;
}
/* Support for rtl text, explicit support for Arabic and Hebrew */
*[dir="rtl"] .select-css, :root:lang(ar) .select-css, :root:lang(iw) .select-css {
background-position: left .7em top 50%, 0 0;
padding: .6em .8em .5em 1.4em;
}
/* Disabled styles */
.select-css:disabled, .select-css[aria-disabled=true] {
color: graytext;
background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22292.4%22%20height%3D%22292.4%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22graytext%22%20d%3D%22M287%2069.4a17.6%2017.6%200%200%200-13-5.4H18.4c-5%200-9.3%201.8-12.9%205.4A17.6%2017.6%200%200%200%200%2082.2c0%205%201.8%209.3%205.4%2012.9l128%20127.9c3.6%203.6%207.8%205.4%2012.8%205.4s9.2-1.8%2012.8-5.4L287%2095c3.5-3.5%205.4-7.8%205.4-12.8%200-5-1.9-9.2-5.5-12.8z%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E'),
linear-gradient(to bottom, #ffffff 0%,#e5e5e5 100%);
}
.select-css:disabled:hover, .select-css[aria-disabled=true] {
border-color: #aaa;
}
</style>
<div id="orderSelectContainer">
<div id="selectedOrder" class="selectedOrder select-css" style="width: 533px; display: block;">
<div class="currentSelectedOrder" data-value="45536" style="float: left;">
<span style="float:left; min-width:200px;">Store 1</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:50px"> 55628</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width: 150px;"> Quantity Discrepancy</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:100px"> </span>
</div>
</div>
<div id="orderSelect" class="select-css" style="position: absolute; z-index: 1000; background-image: none; display: none;">
<div class="orderContainer">
<div class="order" data-value="45628" style="float: left; background: white;">
<span style="float:left; min-width:200px;">Store 1</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:50px"> 55628</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width: 150px;"> Quantity Discrepancy</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:100px"> </span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="orderContainer">
<div class="order" data-value="45536" style="float: left; background: lightblue;">
<span style="float:left; min-width:200px;">Store 2</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:50px"> 55536</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width: 150px;"> Quantity Discrepancy</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:100px"> Bad UPCs</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="orderContainer">
<div class="order" data-value="45682" style="float: left; background: white;">
<span style="float:left; min-width:200px;">Store 3</span><span style="float:left; min-width:50px"> 55682</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width: 150px;"> Quantity Discrepancy</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:100px"> Bad UPCs</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="orderContainer">
<div class="order" data-value="45625" style="float: left; background: white;">
<span style="float:left; min-width:200px;">Store 4</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:50px"> 55625</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width: 150px;"> Quantity Discrepancy</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:100px"> </span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="orderContainer">
<div class="order" data-value="45556" style="float: left; background: white;">
<span style="float:left; min-width:200px;">Store 5</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:50px"> 55556</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width: 150px;"> Quantity Discrepancy</span>
<span style="float:left; min-width:100px"> Bad UPCs</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br style="clear:both"><br>
</div>
<script>
$(document).on(`click`, `.order`, function() {
if ($(this).data(`value`) !== $(`#selectedOrder >.currentSelectedOrder`).data(`value`)) {
$(`#orderContainer`).html(``);
}
$(`#selectedOrder`).html($(this).prop(`outerHTML`)).find(`.order`).removeClass(`order`).css(`background`, ``).addClass(`currentSelectedOrder`);
$(`.order`).css(`background`, `white`);
$(this).css(`background`, `lightblue`);
$(`#selectedOrder`).show();
$(`#orderSelect`).hide();
});
$(document).on(`click`, `#selectedOrder`, function() {
//$(`#selectedOrder`).hide();
$(`#orderSelect`).toggle();
});
$(document).on(`mouseenter`, `.order`, function() {
$(`.order`).css(`background`, `white`);
$(this).css(`background`, `lightblue`);
});
$(document).on(`mouseexit`, `.order`, function() {
$(this).css(`background`, `white`);
});
<script>
It looks like a select and it works like a select;
https://jsfiddle.net/schmidtc63/xu8zgpc9/
This solution does not expect specific font, it measures your text with your font.
There is a "magic number" to shrink the spaces between both columns the bigger this number the closer the columns are but if it is too big the function wonât work (I use 60 with my font Verdana 12px).
Add css with your font
.measuring {
font-size: 12px;
font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;
display:none;
}
Add span in your page
<span id="measuring" class="measuring"></span>
Use the function twoColumnDropDown().
function twoColumnDropDown(dd, separatorChars, magicNumber) {
var biggestLength = 0;
$(dd).find('option').each(function () {
$("#measuring").text($(this).text().replace(separatorChars, ''));
if ($("#measuring").width() > biggestLength) {
biggestLength = $("#measuring").width();
}
});
biggestLength = biggestLength - magicNumber;
$(dd).find('option').each(function () {
if ($(this).text() != "") {
var parts = $(this).text().split(separatorChars);
$("#measuring").text(parts[0]);
$(this).text(parts[0] + String.fromCharCode(8202).repeat(biggestLength - $("#measuring").width()) + parts[1]);
}
});
}
Explanation:
dd= select elementseparatorChars= usually"-"magicNumber= explained earlier