Multi-Select Transfers Using MooTools 1.2

Discussion

1. Jeremy Martin

   Ha looks good… and only 4 lines longer! :p No but seriously, I think it’s time for a new library… how about MooQuery?
2. david

   @Jeremy: Don’t tempt me to try to make it shorter!
3. thomasd

   Sorry, but I had to do this!!! :)

   window.addEvent('domready', function(){
       $('add').addEvent('click', function(){
           $('select1').getSelected().inject($('select2'));
        });
        $('remove').addEvent('click', function(){
            $('select2').getSelected().inject($('select1'));
        });
   });
   

   or even shorter

   window.addEvent('domready', function(){
       var move = function(from, to){$(from).getSelected().inject($(to));}
       $('add').addEvent('click', move.pass(['select1', 'select2']));
       $('remove').addEvent('click', move.pass(['select2', 'select1']));
   });
   

   JS-Frameworks rock!!!
4. david

   thomasd 1, David 0. Awesome work!
5. Jeremy Martin

   Ok, I’ll admit the ternary usage is a little ridiculous here, but here’s 5 lines in jQuery:

   $().ready(function() {
     $('#add, #remove').click(function() {
       $('option:selected', $(this).is('#add') ? $('#select1') : $('#select2')).remove().appendTo($(this).is('#add') ? $('#select2') : $('#select1'));
     });
   });
   
6. thomasd

   This is what Jeremy’s very nice solution looks like in Mootools 1.2 (of course without the underscores :) ):

   window.addEvent('domready', function(){
       $$('#add, #remove').addEvent('click', function(){
           $(this.match('#add')?'select1':'select2').getSelected().inject($(this.match('#remove')?'select1':'select2'));
       });
   });
   

   Though I would prefer the other 5 lines solution, as in my opion it is much clearer and ‘move’ can be used for every pair of selects.

   @david:
   thank you very much for this blog, as it is a daily pleasure for me.
   I already use your Generic-Class, and some other ideas posted here.
   Greets from Austria
7. Nate

   I have been working on the same kind of widget for the past week, using jquery. I had seen the one from Jeremy when it first came out, but it doesn’t do nearly enough for my purposes. Mine does the same basic things as yours, only it works on reset, keeps items sorted when adding and removing, handles preselected items, and only requires a user to create one select box with the class multiple, then the code creates the second box and all the buttons.

   I’d post the code, but it is a little over 100 lines, so it’s not exactly an easily readable snippet. If you are interested let me know and I’ll try to find a way to post it.
8. david

   @Nate: Feel free to post a link to an example.
9. Nate

   I’ll try to set something up when I get home.
10. Nate

    I finally got around to posting it:

    http://www.suptin.com/selector.html

    If you view the source of the js file it will be a huge mess of stuff, and most of it is unrelated to the select transfer thing. Lines 4470 to 4552 contain the majority of the code related to the selector. The lines 4651 to 4654 are in an ready block that initializes the selectors.

    Everything is much more organized, when I’m working on it, but I grabbed the build rather than the src. Also the code for the selector would be quite a bit cleaner if I didn’t have to worry about IE 6/7.
11. david

    @Nate: Great work. Thank you for posting it.
12. Peter

    Hi David,

    I like this script. I’ll try and integrate it in a little project of mine.

    Otherwise, how does the code hightlighting on this blog work? I’ve been looking for a while and I think ones is pretty neat.
    Mind sharing a little info on it?

    Cheers,
    Peter
13. Peter

    Me again…

    Answered my own question: you use wmd-editor.com

    Now I’ve got to figure how to input code
14. James

    anyone know of a drag and drop version of this?

    Cheers.
15. Ch@Sky

    Exellent David!! thnks a lot.
16. sophy

    I need the same tutorial with mootools 1.11
    please help
17. Paul

    Where should I look if I wanted a 3 box multi select? Basically The first box contains top level categories, then when you select one of those categories, the second box loads up (via ajax) all the sub categories, and then the user can choose to transfer one of the sub categories across to the third and empty box.

    Any ideas?
18. alphanono

    Wow … great !

    But … an other chalange now ?

    There is a great plugin for jQuery not yet for mootools : http://code.google.com/p/jquery-asmselect/
19. Scott

    Is it possible to limit the amount you can transfer into the second select.
20. Ajans

    Thanks you too much, wonderful !
21. Levis

    Thank you David for this.

    I’ve added a dblclick on the option if someone wants it:

    window.addEvent('domready', function() {
     $('element_add').addEvent('click', function(){
      $('element1').getSelected().inject($('element2'));
     });
     $('element_rem').addEvent('click', function(){
      $('element2').getSelected().inject($('element1'));
     });
     $$([$('element1'), $('element2')]).each(function(ex){
      ex.getChildren().each(function(el){
       el.addEvent('dblclick',function(){
        this.inject((this.getParent().get('id')=='element1' ? $('element2') : $('element1')));
       });
      });
     });
    });
    
22. Timo

    Well i played with inject and swapping options between selectboxes way back in my online config editor.

    What i came up with is putting it into a Hash (for global closed namespace – no other reason) where i store some helper functions and simply dynamicly call it

    var APF = new Hash({
        swapSB: function(s,t){ $(s).getSelected().inject($(t)); }
        // alot more functions here ...
    });
    

    and then call APF.swapSB('source','target') onClick. This way you do not have to bind a lot of events on domready but can use this where and when it’s needed. Basically the way thomasd went using his move function on domready.
23. Scott Boyde

    Hi

    Is it possible on form submit that you can select all options in the second list.
24. Avinash

    Hi, David.

    Nice script.

    But how about the drag and drop version?

    Thanks..
25. Tarek

    Is it doable to implement the “order” on the second list ?
26. Tarek

    btw it will cause a problem on IE8+ using :

    version:”1.2.1″,build:”0d4845aab3d9a4fdee2f0d4a6dd59210e4b697cf”

    the error :
    Message: JScript object expected
    Line: 1
    Char: 91770
    Code: 0
27. ginger

    Hi,

    Can I use the mootools code for this multi select transfer module for free?

    Thanks!
• David Walsh

  Yes you may Ginger.
28. pwell

    I use this:

    $('to').adopt($('from').getSelected());
    
29. pwell

    I use this:

    $('to').adopt($('from').getSelected());
    
30. nemoglobine

    Hy David, thx for your great experience

    When i send the form, only highlighted options are sent

    I tried this stuff on submit event but it seem to be done after the form submit … any ideas ???

    $('select2').getParent('form').addEvent('submit', function () {
      $('select2').getElements('option').each(function (el) {
        el.set('selected', 'selected');
      });
    });
    
• nemoglobine

  It’s works …

  The problem was that i declared many submit events and the first one send the form by ajax before selecting all options. So i placed this code before the form submit and it works …

  I hope this will help someone (maybe Scott Boyde !)
31. Thomas Freeman

    Great simple solution – especially with the double click option! Thanks for sharing this!
    Hoping it warms up for a nice Wisconsin Labor Day!
32. pSoupre

    for those looking to add the element “pre-selected” then add this line …

    el.setProperty('selected', 'selected');
    

    like this…

    $('add').addEvent('click', function() {
    $('select1').getSelected().each(function(el) {
      el.inject($('select2'));
      el.setProperty('selected', 'selected');
    });
    });
    
    $('remove').addEvent('click', function() {
    $('select2').getSelected().each(function(el) {
      el.inject($('select1'));
    });
    });
    
33. pSouper

    For those looking to add the element “pre-selected” then add this line …

    el.setProperty('selected', 'selected');
    

    like this…

    $('add').addEvent('click', function() {
    $('select1').getSelected().each(function(el) {
    el.inject($('select2')); el.setProperty('selected', 'selected');
    });
    });
    $('remove').addEvent('click', function() { $('select2').getSelected().each(function(el) { el.inject($('select1'));
    });
    });