Grouping in React Multi select component
2 Feb 202324 minutes to read
The MultiSelect supports wrapping nested elements into a group based on different categories. The category of each list item can be mapped through the groupBy field in the data table. The group header is displayed both as inline and fixed headers. The fixed group header content is updated dynamically on scrolling the popup list with its category value.
In the following sample, vegetables are grouped according on its category using groupBy field.
[Class-component]
import { MultiSelectComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
export default class App extends React.Component {
// define the data with category
vegetableData = [
{ vegetable: 'Cabbage', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item1' },
{ vegetable: 'Spinach', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item2' },
{ vegetable: 'Wheat grass', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item3' },
{ vegetable: 'Yarrow', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item4' },
{ vegetable: 'Pumpkins', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item5' },
{ vegetable: 'Chickpea', category: 'Beans', id: 'item6' },
{ vegetable: 'Green bean', category: 'Beans', id: 'item7' },
{ vegetable: 'Horse gram', category: 'Beans', id: 'item8' },
{ vegetable: 'Garlic', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item9' },
{ vegetable: 'Nopal', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item10' },
{ vegetable: 'Onion', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item11' }
];
// map the groupBy field with category column
fields = { groupBy: 'category', text: 'vegetable', value: 'id' };
render() {
return (
// specifies the tag for render the MultiSelect component
<MultiSelectComponent id="mtselement" popupHeight='200px' fields={this.fields} dataSource={this.vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable"/>);
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));import { MultiSelectComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
// define the data with category
private vegetableData: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
{ vegetable: 'Cabbage', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item1' },
{ vegetable: 'Spinach', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item2' },
{ vegetable: 'Wheat grass', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item3' },
{ vegetable: 'Yarrow', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item4' },
{ vegetable: 'Pumpkins', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item5' },
{ vegetable: 'Chickpea', category: 'Beans', id: 'item6' },
{ vegetable: 'Green bean', category: 'Beans', id: 'item7' },
{ vegetable: 'Horse gram', category: 'Beans', id: 'item8' },
{ vegetable: 'Garlic', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item9' },
{ vegetable: 'Nopal', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item10' },
{ vegetable: 'Onion', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item11' }
];
// map the groupBy field with category column
private fields: object = { groupBy: 'category', text: 'vegetable', value: 'id' };
public render() {
return (
// specifies the tag for render the MultiSelect component
<MultiSelectComponent id="mtselement" popupHeight='200px' fields={this.fields} dataSource={this.vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable" />
);
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));[Functional-component]
import { MultiSelectComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
function App() {
// define the data with category
let vegetableData = [
{ vegetable: 'Cabbage', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item1' },
{ vegetable: 'Spinach', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item2' },
{ vegetable: 'Wheat grass', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item3' },
{ vegetable: 'Yarrow', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item4' },
{ vegetable: 'Pumpkins', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item5' },
{ vegetable: 'Chickpea', category: 'Beans', id: 'item6' },
{ vegetable: 'Green bean', category: 'Beans', id: 'item7' },
{ vegetable: 'Horse gram', category: 'Beans', id: 'item8' },
{ vegetable: 'Garlic', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item9' },
{ vegetable: 'Nopal', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item10' },
{ vegetable: 'Onion', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item11' }
];
// map the groupBy field with category column
const fields = { groupBy: 'category', text: 'vegetable', value: 'id' };
return (
// specifies the tag for render the MultiSelect component
<MultiSelectComponent id="mtselement" popupHeight='200px' fields={fields} dataSource={vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable"/>);
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));import { MultiSelectComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
function App() {
// define the data with category
let vegetableData: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
{ vegetable: 'Cabbage', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item1' },
{ vegetable: 'Spinach', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item2' },
{ vegetable: 'Wheat grass', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item3' },
{ vegetable: 'Yarrow', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item4' },
{ vegetable: 'Pumpkins', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item5' },
{ vegetable: 'Chickpea', category: 'Beans', id: 'item6' },
{ vegetable: 'Green bean', category: 'Beans', id: 'item7' },
{ vegetable: 'Horse gram', category: 'Beans', id: 'item8' },
{ vegetable: 'Garlic', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item9' },
{ vegetable: 'Nopal', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item10' },
{ vegetable: 'Onion', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item11' }
];
// map the groupBy field with category column
const fields: object = { groupBy: 'category', text: 'vegetable', value: 'id' };
return (
// specifies the tag for render the MultiSelect component
<MultiSelectComponent id="mtselement" popupHeight='200px' fields={fields} dataSource={vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable" />
);
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));Customization
The grouping header is also provided with customization option. This allows custom designing using the groupTemplate property for both inline and fixed headers.
Grouping with CheckBox
Previously, there is no checkbox for group headers. Now, this feature allow to render checkbox in group header to select the group items in single selection. You can enable this feature by setting enableGroupCheckBox property value as true and mode property as CheckBox.
Inject the CheckBoxSelection module in the MultiSelect to use the checkbox.
[Class-component]
import { CheckBoxSelection, Inject, MultiSelectComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
export default class App extends React.Component {
// define the data with category
vegetableData = [
{ vegetable: 'Cabbage', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item1' },
{ vegetable: 'Spinach', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item2' },
{ vegetable: 'Wheat grass', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item3' },
{ vegetable: 'Yarrow', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item4' },
{ vegetable: 'Pumpkins', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item5' },
{ vegetable: 'Chickpea', category: 'Beans', id: 'item6' },
{ vegetable: 'Green bean', category: 'Beans', id: 'item7' },
{ vegetable: 'Horse gram', category: 'Beans', id: 'item8' },
{ vegetable: 'Garlic', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item9' },
{ vegetable: 'Nopal', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item10' },
{ vegetable: 'Onion', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item11' }
];
// map the groupBy field with category column
fields = { groupBy: 'category', text: 'vegetable', value: 'id' };
render() {
return (
// specifies the tag for render the MultiSelect component
<MultiSelectComponent id="mtselement" popupHeight='200px' fields={this.fields} dataSource={this.vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable" mode="CheckBox" enableGroupCheckBox="true" allowFiltering="true" showSelectAll="true" filterBarPlaceholder="Search Vegetables">
<Inject services={[CheckBoxSelection]}/>
</MultiSelectComponent>);
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));import { CheckBoxSelection, Inject, MultiSelectComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
// define the data with category
private vegetableData: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
{ vegetable: 'Cabbage', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item1' },
{ vegetable: 'Spinach', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item2' },
{ vegetable: 'Wheat grass', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item3' },
{ vegetable: 'Yarrow', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item4' },
{ vegetable: 'Pumpkins', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item5' },
{ vegetable: 'Chickpea', category: 'Beans', id: 'item6' },
{ vegetable: 'Green bean', category: 'Beans', id: 'item7' },
{ vegetable: 'Horse gram', category: 'Beans', id: 'item8' },
{ vegetable: 'Garlic', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item9' },
{ vegetable: 'Nopal', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item10' },
{ vegetable: 'Onion', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item11' }
];
// map the groupBy field with category column
private fields: object = { groupBy: 'category', text: 'vegetable', value: 'id' };
public render() {
return (
// specifies the tag for render the MultiSelect component
<MultiSelectComponent id="mtselement" popupHeight='200px' fields={this.fields} dataSource={this.vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable" mode="CheckBox" enableGroupCheckBox="true" allowFiltering="true" showSelectAll="true" filterBarPlaceholder="Search Vegetables">
<Inject services={[CheckBoxSelection]} />
</MultiSelectComponent>
);
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));[Functional-component]
import { CheckBoxSelection, Inject, MultiSelectComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
function App() {
// define the data with category
const vegetableData = [
{ vegetable: 'Cabbage', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item1' },
{ vegetable: 'Spinach', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item2' },
{ vegetable: 'Wheat grass', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item3' },
{ vegetable: 'Yarrow', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item4' },
{ vegetable: 'Pumpkins', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item5' },
{ vegetable: 'Chickpea', category: 'Beans', id: 'item6' },
{ vegetable: 'Green bean', category: 'Beans', id: 'item7' },
{ vegetable: 'Horse gram', category: 'Beans', id: 'item8' },
{ vegetable: 'Garlic', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item9' },
{ vegetable: 'Nopal', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item10' },
{ vegetable: 'Onion', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item11' }
];
// map the groupBy field with category column
const fields = { groupBy: 'category', text: 'vegetable', value: 'id' };
return (
// specifies the tag for render the MultiSelect component
<MultiSelectComponent id="mtselement" popupHeight='200px' fields={fields} dataSource={vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable" mode="CheckBox" enableGroupCheckBox="true" allowFiltering="true" showSelectAll="true" filterBarPlaceholder="Search Vegetables">
<Inject services={[CheckBoxSelection]}/>
</MultiSelectComponent>);
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));import { CheckBoxSelection, Inject, MultiSelectComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
function App() {
// define the data with category
const vegetableData: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
{ vegetable: 'Cabbage', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item1' },
{ vegetable: 'Spinach', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item2' },
{ vegetable: 'Wheat grass', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item3' },
{ vegetable: 'Yarrow', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item4' },
{ vegetable: 'Pumpkins', category: 'Leafy and Salad', id: 'item5' },
{ vegetable: 'Chickpea', category: 'Beans', id: 'item6' },
{ vegetable: 'Green bean', category: 'Beans', id: 'item7' },
{ vegetable: 'Horse gram', category: 'Beans', id: 'item8' },
{ vegetable: 'Garlic', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item9' },
{ vegetable: 'Nopal', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item10' },
{ vegetable: 'Onion', category: 'Bulb and Stem', id: 'item11' }
];
// map the groupBy field with category column
const fields: object = { groupBy: 'category', text: 'vegetable', value: 'id' };
return (
// specifies the tag for render the MultiSelect component
<MultiSelectComponent id="mtselement" popupHeight='200px' fields={fields} dataSource={vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable" mode="CheckBox" enableGroupCheckBox="true" allowFiltering="true" showSelectAll="true" filterBarPlaceholder="Search Vegetables">
<Inject services={[CheckBoxSelection]} />
</MultiSelectComponent>
);
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));