In this article, we are going to build a select menu using jQuery UI selectmenu widgets that can provide us select options. We can use this widget to make a form for different actions.
Syntax:
$( ".selector" ).selectmenu();
Parameter: It does not accept any parameter.
Return value: It returns a selectmenu from jQuery UI.
Pre-compiled files: Please download the libraries and then use the path for the given script below.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css"> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
Example: In this example, we can see that we are going to build a simple select menu using the selectmenu widget of jQuery UI.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content=
"width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link href=
"http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/
themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css"
rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js">
</script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js">
</script>
<script>
$(function () {
$("#title").selectmenu();
});
</script>
<style>
.ui-menu {
width: 150px;
}
.widget-header {
padding: 0.2em;
color: white;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h3>
Geeks for Geeks Selectmenu
Using jQuery UI
</h3>
<div>
<form action="#">
<fieldset>
<label for="title">Select a title</label>
<select name="title" id="title">
<option disabled selected>
Please pick one</option>
<option>Python</option>
<option>Java</option>
<option>HTML</option>
<option>C++</option>
<option>Other</option>
</select>
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:
References: https://jqueryui.com/selectmenu/
