How to create Bootstrap Multiselect dropdown?
The Bootstrap Multiselect allows the user to select more than one option at a time, unlike normal Select where you can choose only one option. In this tutorial, we will learn to create multiselect with Bootstrap 5.
Creating a Multiselect
To create a multiselect use <select> tag with .form-select class. Add items within <option> tag. For multi-select of the items use multiple attribute within <select>. We can also use size attributes to define the number of select items in the list.
Example: Creating multiselect dropdown with multiple attribute
In this example, we have used multiple attribute to select multiple items in the dropdown.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Bootstrap </title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@popperjs/core@2.9.2/dist/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-IQsoLXl5PILFhosVNubq5LC7Qb9DXgDA9i+tQ8Zj3iwWAwPtgFTxbJ8NT4GN1R8p" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.1/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-Atwg2Pkwv9vp0ygtn1JAojH0nYbwNJLPhwyoVbhoPwBhjQPR5VtM2+xf0Uwh9KtT" crossorigin="anonymous"></script></head>
<body>
<h2> Multiselect dropdown </h2>
<select class="form-select" multiple aria-label="multiple select example">
<option selected>Open this select menu</option>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
</select>
</body>
</html>
Output
Here is the output of the above code.
Example: Creating a multiselect dropdown using size attribute
In this example, we have used the size attribute to create a multiselect dropdown with bootstrap 5.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we have learned to create multiselect dropdown with CSS. Here we have used <select> attribute t do so. Use either multiple of size attribute for multi-select.
