Select

A common form component for choosing a predefined value in a dropdown menu.

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const items = [
  { label: "Select framework", value: null },
  { label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select defaultValue="next" items={items}>
      <SelectTrigger>
        <SelectValue />
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup>
        {items.map(({ label, value }) => (
          <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
            {label}
          </SelectItem>
        ))}
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

Installation


bunx --bun shadcn@latest add @shaddercn/select

Usage

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select"

const items = [
  { label: "Select framework", value: null },
  { label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
]
 
<Select items={items}>
  <SelectTrigger>
    <SelectValue />
  </SelectTrigger>
  <SelectPopup>
    {items.map((item) => (
      <SelectItem key={item.value} value={item}>
        {item.label}
      </SelectItem>
    ))}
  </SelectPopup>
  </Select>

Examples

For accessible labelling and validation, prefer using the Field component to wrap selects. See the related example: Select field.

Small Size

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const items = [
  { label: "Select framework", value: null },
  { label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select aria-label="Select framework" items={items}>
      <SelectTrigger size="sm">
        <SelectValue />
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup>
        {items.map(({ label, value }) => (
          <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
            {label}
          </SelectItem>
        ))}
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

Large Size

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const items = [
  { label: "Select framework", value: null },
  { label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select aria-label="Select framework" items={items}>
      <SelectTrigger size="lg">
        <SelectValue />
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup>
        {items.map(({ label, value }) => (
          <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
            {label}
          </SelectItem>
        ))}
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

Disabled

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const items = [
  { label: "Select framework", value: null },
  { label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select aria-label="Select framework" items={items}>
      <SelectTrigger disabled>
        <SelectValue />
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup>
        {items.map(({ label, value }) => (
          <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
            {label}
          </SelectItem>
        ))}
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

Without Item Alignment

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const items = [
  { label: "Select framework", value: null },
  { label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select aria-label="Select framework" items={items}>
      <SelectTrigger>
        <SelectValue />
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup alignItemWithTrigger={false}>
        {items.map(({ label, value }) => (
          <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
            {label}
          </SelectItem>
        ))}
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

With Groups

import {
  Select,
  SelectGroup,
  SelectGroupLabel,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectSeparator,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const placeholder = [{ label: "Select framework", value: null }];

const frontend = [
  { label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
];

const backend = [
  { label: "Express", value: "express" },
  { label: "NestJS", value: "nestjs" },
  { label: "Fastify", value: "fastify" },
  { label: "Django", value: "django" },
  { label: "Flask", value: "flask" },
  { label: "Rails", value: "rails" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select
      aria-label="Select framework"
      items={[...placeholder, ...frontend, ...backend]}
    >
      <SelectTrigger>
        <SelectValue />
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup>
        <SelectGroup>
          <SelectGroupLabel>Frontend</SelectGroupLabel>
          {frontend.map(({ label, value }) => (
            <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
              {label}
            </SelectItem>
          ))}
        </SelectGroup>
        <SelectSeparator />
        <SelectGroup>
          <SelectGroupLabel>Backend</SelectGroupLabel>
          {backend.map(({ label, value }) => (
            <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
              {label}
            </SelectItem>
          ))}
        </SelectGroup>
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

Multiple Selection

"use client";

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const languages = {
  cpp: "C++",
  csharp: "C#",
  go: "Go",
  java: "Java",
  javascript: "JavaScript",
  php: "PHP",
  python: "Python",
  rust: "Rust",
  swift: "Swift",
  typescript: "TypeScript",
};

type Language = keyof typeof languages;

const values = Object.keys(languages) as Language[];

function renderValue(value: Language[]) {
  if (value.length === 0) {
    return "Select languages…";
  }

  const firstLanguage = value[0] ? languages[value[0]] : "";
  const additionalLanguages =
    value.length > 1 ? ` (+${value.length - 1} more)` : "";
  return firstLanguage + additionalLanguages;
}

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select
      aria-label="Select languages"
      defaultValue={["javascript", "typescript"]}
      multiple
    >
      <SelectTrigger>
        <SelectValue>{renderValue}</SelectValue>
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup alignItemWithTrigger={false}>
        {values.map((value) => (
          <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
            {languages[value]}
          </SelectItem>
        ))}
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

With Icon

import { ClockIcon } from "lucide-react";

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const items = [
  { label: "Select framework", value: null },
  { label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select
      aria-label="Select framework with icon"
      defaultValue="next"
      items={items}
    >
      <SelectTrigger>
        <ClockIcon />
        <SelectValue />
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup alignItemWithTrigger={false}>
        {items.map(({ label, value }) => (
          <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
            {label}
          </SelectItem>
        ))}
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

Options with Icon

"use client";

import { Code2Icon, GlobeIcon, LayersIcon, ZapIcon } from "lucide-react";

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const items = [
  { icon: LayersIcon, label: "Components", value: "components" },
  { icon: ZapIcon, label: "Performance", value: "performance" },
  { icon: GlobeIcon, label: "Network", value: "network" },
  { icon: Code2Icon, label: "Development", value: "development" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select
      aria-label="Select category"
      defaultValue={items[0]}
      itemToStringValue={(item) => item.value}
    >
      <SelectTrigger>
        <SelectValue>
          {(item) => (
            <span className="flex items-center gap-2">
              <item.icon />
              <span className="truncate">{item.label}</span>
            </span>
          )}
        </SelectValue>
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup>
        {items.map((item) => (
          <SelectItem key={item.value} value={item}>
            <span className="flex items-center gap-2">
              <item.icon />
              <span className="truncate">{item.label}</span>
            </span>
          </SelectItem>
        ))}
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

With Object Values

"use client";

import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const items = [
  { description: "npx create-next-app", label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { description: "npm create vite@latest", label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { description: "npm create astro@latest", label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
  { description: "npx create-remix", label: "Remix", value: "remix" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  return (
    <Select
      aria-label="Select framework with command"
      defaultValue={items[0]}
      itemToStringValue={(item) => item.value}
    >
      <SelectTrigger className="py-1">
        <SelectValue>
          {(item) => (
            <span className="flex flex-col">
              <span className="truncate">{item.label}</span>
              <span className="truncate text-muted-foreground text-xs">
                {item.description}
              </span>
            </span>
          )}
        </SelectValue>
      </SelectTrigger>
      <SelectPopup>
        {items.map((item) => (
          <SelectItem key={item.value} value={item}>
            <span className="flex flex-col">
              <span className="truncate">{item.label}</span>
              <span className="truncate text-muted-foreground text-xs">
                {item.description}
              </span>
            </span>
          </SelectItem>
        ))}
      </SelectPopup>
    </Select>
  );
}

Form Integration

"use client";

import * as React from "react";

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
  Field,
  FieldDescription,
  FieldError,
  FieldLabel,
} from "@/components/ui/field";
import { Form } from "@/components/ui/form";
import {
  Select,
  SelectItem,
  SelectPopup,
  SelectTrigger,
  SelectValue,
} from "@/components/ui/select";

const items = [
  { label: "Select a framework", value: null },
  { label: "Next.js", value: "next" },
  { label: "Vite", value: "vite" },
  { label: "Astro", value: "astro" },
];

export default function Particle() {
  const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(false);
  const onSubmit = async (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    const formData = new FormData(e.currentTarget);
    setLoading(true);
    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 800));
    setLoading(false);
    alert(`Framework: ${formData.get("framework") || ""}`);
  };

  return (
    <Form className="max-w-64" onSubmit={onSubmit}>
      <Field>
        <FieldLabel>Framework</FieldLabel>
        <Select
          aria-label="Select framework"
          disabled={loading}
          items={items}
          name="framework"
          required
        >
          <SelectTrigger>
            <SelectValue />
          </SelectTrigger>
          <SelectPopup>
            {items.map(({ label, value }) => (
              <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
                {label}
              </SelectItem>
            ))}
          </SelectPopup>
        </Select>
        <FieldDescription>Pick your favorite.</FieldDescription>
        <FieldError>Please select a value.</FieldError>
      </Field>

      <Button disabled={loading} type="submit">
        Submit
      </Button>
    </Form>
  );
}

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