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Select cell type

Use the select cell type to collect user input with an HTML <select> element that creates a multi-item dropdown list.

Overview

The select cell type is a simpler form of the dropdown cell type.

Usage

The select editor should be considered an example of how to write editors rather than used as a fully-featured editor. It is a much simpler form of the Dropdown editor. We recommend that you use the latter in your projects.

JavaScript
import { HotTable } from '@handsontable/react-wrapper';
import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry';


// register Handsontable's modules
registerAllModules();


const ExampleComponent = () => {
  return (
    <HotTable
      data={[
        ['2017', 'Honda', 10],
        ['2018', 'Toyota', 20],
        ['2019', 'Nissan', 30],
      ]}
      colWidths={[50, 70, 50]}
      colHeaders={true}
      columns={[
        {},
        {
          type: 'select',
          selectOptions: ['Kia', 'Nissan', 'Toyota', 'Honda'],
        },
        {},
      ]}
      autoWrapRow={true}
      autoWrapCol={true}
      height="auto"
      licenseKey="non-commercial-and-evaluation"
    />
  );
};


export default ExampleComponent;
TypeScript
import { HotTable } from '@handsontable/react-wrapper';
import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry';


// register Handsontable's modules
registerAllModules();


const ExampleComponent = () => {
  return (
    <HotTable
      data={[
        ['2017', 'Honda', 10],
        ['2018', 'Toyota', 20],
        ['2019', 'Nissan', 30],
      ]}
      colWidths={[50, 70, 50]}
      colHeaders={true}
      columns={[
        {},
        {
          type: 'select',
          selectOptions: ['Kia', 'Nissan', 'Toyota', 'Honda'],
        },
        {},
      ]}
      autoWrapRow={true}
      autoWrapCol={true}
      height="auto"
      licenseKey="non-commercial-and-evaluation"
    />
  );
};


export default ExampleComponent;

Related guides

Autocomplete cell type
Cell type
Dropdown cell type

Configuration options

selectOptions
type

Core methods

getCellMeta()
getCellMetaAtRow()
getCellsMeta()
getDataType()
setCellMeta()
setCellMetaObject()
removeCellMeta()

Hooks

afterGetCellMeta
afterSetCellMeta
beforeGetCellMeta
beforeSetCellMeta