Combo box

Content Type: Widget
Categories: User Interface

Overview

The Combo box widget displays a list of options that users can select from and supports

  • Associations
  • Enumeration and Boolean attributes
  • Multi-selection for reference sets
  • Type-ahead to filter options
  • Custom content rendering (e.g. to add images next to the caption)
  • Custom footer (e.g add button below the option list)

This widget is the successor of the Drop-down, Reference selector, Reference set selector, and Input reference set selector widget.

Documentation

Please see Combo box in the Mendix documentation for details.

Releases

Version: 2.7.2
Framework Version: 10.22.0
Release Notes: ### Fixed - We fixed an issue with filter input not being visible in some cases. - We fixed an issue with Backspace key clearing input even though Clearable setting was set to false.
Version: 2.7.1
Framework Version: 10.22.0
Release Notes: ### Fixed - We fixed an issue with filter input in single selection mode being disabled in some cases. ### Changed - We made it possibly to clear the selection in single selection mode with Backspace key. - We improved keyboard navigation for multi selection with
Version: 2.7.0
Framework Version: 10.22.0
Release Notes: ### Changed - We improved behaviour of single selection with custom content.
Version: 2.6.2
Framework Version: 10.22.0
Release Notes: ### Fixed - We fixed an issue where right-to-left text orientation would cause layout and spacing issues.
Version: 2.6.1
Framework Version: 10.22.0
Release Notes:

### Fixed - We fixed an issue where validation was not connected to combobox, causing issues for screenreaders.

Version: 2.6.0
Framework Version: 10.22.0
Release Notes: ### Changed - Moved the debounce interval for filtering operations from the Events tab to Advanced tab. ### Fixed - We fixed an issue with combobox unnecessary applying filtering.
Version: 2.5.1
Framework Version: 10.22.0
Release Notes: ### Fixed - We fixed an issue where combobox failed to render a proper width on auto-fit container. - We fixed an issue where combobox lazy load is not working on initial load for database datasource.
Version: 2.5.0
Framework Version: 10.22.0
Release Notes: ### Added - We added a new "On change filter input" event that triggers when users type in the combobox filter field, passing the current filter text as an action variable to enable custom nanoflows/microflows for dynamic filtering scenarios.
Version: 2.4.3
Framework Version: 10.7.0
Release Notes: ### Fixed - We fixed an issue where combobox would show aria-labelledby even when no label was added. - We added the option to fill an aria-label for the combobox. - We fixed an issue where combobox failed to reload if user typed too fast on lazy load.
Version: 2.4.2
Framework Version: 10.7.0
Release Notes: ### Fixed - We fixed an issue where combobox selection was reset during search operations (requires Mendix 10.21 or above).