Selection in React ListBox component

15 Oct 2021 / 3 minutes to read

The ListBox provides support to select an item or a group of item by mouse or keyboard action. There are two selection modes available in list box,

Single - To select single item in the list box.
Multiple - To select multiple items in the list box.

On selection of each list box item, change event is triggered.

Single selection

To enable single selection in the list box, mode should be set as single in selectionSettings property.

Source

Preview

index.tsx

index.html

index.jsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ListBoxComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
   private data: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
{ text: 'Hennessey Venom', id: 'list-01' },
{ text: 'Bugatti Chiron', id: 'list-02' },
{ text: 'Bugatti Veyron Super Sport', id: 'list-03' },
{ text: 'SSC Ultimate Aero', id: 'list-04' },
{ text: 'Koenigsegg CCR', id: 'list-05' },
{ text: 'McLaren F1', id: 'list-06' },
{ text: 'Aston Martin One- 77', id: 'list-07' },
{ text: 'Jaguar XJ220', id: 'list-08' },
{ text: 'McLaren P1', id: 'list-09' },
{ text: 'Ferrari LaFerrari', id: 'list-10' }
];
private selection:object = { mode:"single" }
  render() {
return (
  <ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data} selectionSettings={this.selection}/>
);
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React ListBox</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-react-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
    <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='sample' style="margin: 20px auto 0; width:250px;">
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ListBoxComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.data = [
            { text: 'Hennessey Venom', id: 'list-01' },
            { text: 'Bugatti Chiron', id: 'list-02' },
            { text: 'Bugatti Veyron Super Sport', id: 'list-03' },
            { text: 'SSC Ultimate Aero', id: 'list-04' },
            { text: 'Koenigsegg CCR', id: 'list-05' },
            { text: 'McLaren F1', id: 'list-06' },
            { text: 'Aston Martin One- 77', id: 'list-07' },
            { text: 'Jaguar XJ220', id: 'list-08' },
            { text: 'McLaren P1', id: 'list-09' },
            { text: 'Ferrari LaFerrari', id: 'list-10' }
        ];
        this.selection = { mode: "single" };
    }
    render() {
        return (<ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data} selectionSettings={this.selection}/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

Multiple selection

To enable multiple selection in the list box, mode should be set as Multiple in selectionSettings property.

To select multiple items, use the SHIFT, CTRL, and arrow keys to make selections.

By default, the selection mode is set as Multiple.