Form Select

Bootstrap custom <select> using custom styles. Optionally specify options based on an array, array of objects, or an object.

Generate your select options by passing an array or object to the options props:

<template>
  <div>
    <b-form-select v-model="selected" :options="options"></b-form-select>
    <b-form-select v-model="selected" :options="options" size="sm" class="mt-3"></b-form-select>

    <div class="mt-3">Selected: <strong>{{ selected }}</strong></div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        selected: null,
        options: [
          { value: null, text: 'Please select an option' },
          { value: 'a', text: 'This is First option' },
          { value: 'b', text: 'Selected Option' },
          { value: { C: '3PO' }, text: 'This is an option with object value' },
          { value: 'd', text: 'This one is disabled', disabled: true }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
</script>

<!-- b-form-select-options.vue -->

Or manually provide your options and optgroups:

<template>
  <div>
    <b-form-select v-model="selected" class="mb-3">
      <option :value="null">Please select an option</option>
      <option value="a">Option A</option>
      <option value="b" disabled>Option B (disabled)</option>
      <optgroup label="Grouped Options">
        <option :value="{ C: '3PO' }">Option with object value</option>
        <option :value="{ R: '2D2' }">Another option with object value</option>
      </optgroup>
    </b-form-select>

    <div class="mt-2">Selected: <strong>{{ selected }}</strong></div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        selected: null
      }
    }
  }
</script>

<!-- b-form-select-manual.vue -->

Feel free to mix the options prop with <option> and <optgroup>. Manually placed options and optgroups will appear below the options generated via the options prop. To place manual options and optgroups above the options specified by the options prop, use the named slot first.

<template>
  <div>
    <b-form-select v-model="selected" :options="options" class="mb-3">
      <!-- This slot appears above the options from 'options' prop -->
      <template slot="first">
        <option :value="null" disabled>-- Please select an option --</option>
      </template>

      <!-- These options will appear after the ones from 'options' prop -->
      <option value="C">Option C</option> <option value="D">Option D</option>
    </b-form-select>

    <div class="mt-3">Selected: <strong>{{ selected }}</strong></div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        selected: null,
        options: [
          { value: 'A', text: 'Option A (from options prop)' },
          { value: 'B', text: 'Option B (from options prop)' }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
</script>

<!-- b-form-select-both.vue -->

Options property

options can be an array of strings or objects, or a key-value object. Available fields:

• value The selected value which will be set on v-model
• disabled Disables item for selection
• text Display text, or html Display basic inline html

value can be a string, number, or simple object. Avoid using complex types in values.

If both html and text are provided, html will take precedence. Only basic/native HTML is supported in the html field (components will not work). Note that not all browsers will render inline html (i.e. <i>, <strong>, etc) inside <option> elements of a <select>.

Be cautious of placing user supplied content in the html field, as it may make you vulnerable to XSS attacks, if you do not first sanitize the user supplied string.

If you want to customize fields (for example using name field for display text) you can easily change them using text-field, html-field, value-field, and disabled-field props.

Array

const options = ['A', 'B', 'C', { text: 'D', value: { d: 1 }, disabled: true }, 'E', 'F']

If an array entry is a string, it will be used for both the generated value and text fields.

You can mix using strings and objects in the array.

Internally, BootstrapVue will convert the above array to the following array (the Array of Objects format:

const options = [
  { text: 'A', value: 'A', disabled: false },
  { text: 'B', value: 'B', disabled: false },
  { text: 'C', value: 'C', disabled: false },
  { text: 'D', value: { d: 1 }, disabled: true },
  { text: 'E', value: 'E', disabled: false },
  { text: 'F', value: 'F', disabled: false }
]

Array of objects

const options = [
  { text: 'Item 1', value: 'first' },
  { text: 'Item 2', value: 'second' },
  { html: '<b>Item</b> 3', value: 'third', disabled: true },
  { text: 'Item 4' },
  { text: 'Item 5', value: { foo: 'bar', baz: true } }
]

If value is missing, then text will be used as both the value and text fields. If you use the html property, you must supply a value property.

Internally, BootstrapVue will convert the above array to the following array (the Array of Objects format:

const options = [
  { text: 'Item 1', value: 'first', disabled: false },
  { text: 'Item 2', value: 'second', disabled: false },
  { html: '<b>Item</b> 3', value: 'third', disabled: true },
  { text: 'Item 4', value: 'Item 4', disabled: false },
  { text: 'Item 5', value: 'E', disabled: false },
  { text: 'F', value: { foo: 'bar', baz: true }, disabled: false }
]

Object

Keys are mapped to value and values are mapped to option text.

const options = {
  a: 'Item A',
  b: 'Item B',
  c: { html: 'Item C', disabled: true },
  d: { text: 'Item D', value: 'overridden_value' },
  e: { text: 'Item E', value: { foo: 'bar', baz: true } }
}

Internally, BootstrapVue will convert the above object to the following array (the Array of Objects format:

const options = [
  { text: 'Item A', value: 'a', disabled: false },
  { text: 'Item B', value: 'b', disabled: false },
  { html: 'Item C', value: 'c', disabled: false },
  { text: 'Item D', value: 'overridden_value', disabled: true },
  { text: 'E', value: { foo: 'bar', baz: true }, disabled: false }
]

Note: When using the Object format, the order of the final array is not guaranteed. For this reason, it is recommended to use the above array formats.

Standard (single) select

By default, Bootstrap v4's custom select styling is applied.

Value in single mode

In non multiple mode, <b-form-select> returns the a single value of the currently selected option.

<template>
  <div>
    <b-form-select v-model="selected" :options="options"></b-form-select>
    <div class="mt-3">Selected: <strong>{{ selected }}</strong></div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        selected: null,
        options: [
          { value: null, text: 'Please select some item' },
          { value: 'a', text: 'This is First option' },
          { value: 'b', text: 'Default Selected Option' },
          { value: 'c', text: 'This is another option' },
          { value: 'd', text: 'This one is disabled', disabled: true }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
</script>

<!-- b-form-select-single.vue -->

Select sizing (displayed rows)

You can use the select-size prop to switch the custom select into a select list-box, rather than a dropdown. Set the select-size prop to a numerical value greater than 1 to control how many rows of options are visible.

Note when select-size is set to a value greater than 1, the Bootstrap v4 custom styling will not be applied, unless the multiple prop is also set.

Note: not all mobile browsers will show a the select as a list-box.

<template>
  <div>
    <b-form-select v-model="selected" :options="options" :select-size="4"></b-form-select>
    <div class="mt-3">Selected: <strong>{{ selected }}</strong></div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        selected: null,
        options: [
          { value: null, text: 'Please select some item' },
          { value: 'a', text: 'This is option a' },
          { value: 'b', text: 'Default Selected Option b' },
          { value: 'c', text: 'This is option c' },
          { value: 'd', text: 'This one is disabled', disabled: true },
          { value: 'e', text: 'This is option e' },
          { value: 'e', text: 'This is option f' }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
</script>

<!-- b-form-select-size.vue -->

Multiple select support

Enable multiple select mode by setting the prop multiple, and control how many rows are displayed in the multiple select list-box by setting select-size to the number of rows to display. The default is to let the browser use it's default (typically 4).

Value in multiple mode

In multiple mode, <b-form-select> always returns an array of option values. You must provide an array reference as your v-model when in multiple mode.

<template>
  <div>
    <b-form-select v-model="selected" :options="options" multiple :select-size="4"></b-form-select>
    <div class="mt-3">Selected: <strong>{{ selected }}</strong></div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        selected: ['b'], // Array reference
        options: [
          { value: 'a', text: 'This is First option' },
          { value: 'b', text: 'Default Selected Option' },
          { value: 'c', text: 'This is another option' },
          { value: 'd', text: 'This one is disabled', disabled: true },
          { value: 'e', text: 'This is option e' },
          { value: 'f', text: 'This is option f' },
          { value: 'g', text: 'This is option g' }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
</script>

<!-- b-form-select-multiple-mode.vue -->

Control sizing

Set the form-control text size using the size prop to sm or lg for small or large respectively.

By default <b-form-select> will occupy the full width of the container that it appears in. To control the select width, place the input inside standard Bootstrap grid column.

Autofocus

NEW in 2.0.0-rc.21

When the autofocus prop is set on <b-form-select>, the select will be auto-focused when it is inserted into the document or re-activated when inside a Vue <keep-alive> component. Note that this prop does not set the autofocus attribute on the select.

Contextual states

Bootstrap includes validation styles for valid and invalid states on most form controls.

Generally speaking, you'll want to use a particular state for specific types of feedback:

• 'invalid' is great for when there's a blocking or required field. A user must fill in this field properly to submit the form.
• 'valid' is ideal for situations when you have per-field validation throughout a form and want to encourage a user through the rest of the fields.
• null Displays no validation state

To apply one of the contextual states on <b-form-select>, set the state prop to 'invalid' (or false), 'valid' (or true), or null.

Conveying contextual validation state to assistive technologies and colorblind users

Using these contextual states to denote the state of a form control only provides a visual, color-based indication, which will not be conveyed to users of assistive technologies - such as screen readers - or to colorblind users.

Ensure that an alternative indication of state is also provided. For instance, you could include a hint about state in the form control's <label> text itself, or by providing an additional help text block (via <b-form-group> or <b-form-feedback>). Specifically for assistive technologies, invalid form controls can also be assigned an aria-invalid="true" attribute (see below).

ARIA aria-invalid attribute:

When <b-form-select> has an invalid contextual state (i.e. invalid) you may also want to set the <b-form-select> prop aria-invalid to true.

Supported invalid values are:

• false (default) No errors detected
• true The value has failed validation.

When state is set to invalid, aria-invalid will also be set to true.

Non custom select

Set the prop plain to have a native browser <select> rendered (although the class .form-control will always be placed on the select).

A plain select will always be rendered for non multiple selects which have the select-size prop set to a value greater than 1.