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Extension to use jQuery Plugin Select2 in Yii application.

courtesy Select2 script: https://github.com/ivaynberg/select2

##Whats new Event binding support for select2 yii extension no need to write any line of javascript configure the whole dropdow via select2 extension

Installation

Download or clone this repository and paste in /protected/extensions/select2

Usage

Direct import into page

Yii::import('ext.select2.Select2');

Or in config to make it avaiable overall site

    ...
    'import' => array(
        ...
        'ext.select2.Select2',
        ...
    ),
    ...

Example:

Simple call `Select2::dropDownList()` Model reference `Select2::activeDropDownList()`

##Advanced

    ...
    echo Select2::multiSelect("test", '', array('Apple','Banana','Orange','Apricot','Black Current'), 
        array(
            'required' => 'required',
            'select2Options' => array(
              'placeholder' => 'Please select a fruit',
              'maximumSelectionSize' => 4,
            ),
        )
    );
    ...
    echo Select2::activeMultiSelect($model, "attr", array('test1','test2'), array(
        'placeholder' => 'This is a placeholder',
    ));
    ...

Or this

    ...
    $this->widget('Select2', array(
       'name' => 'exampleInput',
       'value' => 1,
       'data' => array(
           1 => 'Apple',
           2 => 'Banana',
           3 => 'Orange',
           4 => 'Apricot',
        ),
    ));
    ...

##Initialize options with javascript function or expressions Example populating text field with ajax support

    ...
echo Select2::dropDownList('location', '', array(),
  array(
      'empty'=>'',
      'id'=>'location',
      'style'=>'width:100%',
      'select2Options'=>array(
          'allowClear'=>true,
          'placeholder'=>'Type Location Here',
           'minimumInputLength'=>'3',
          'ajax'=>array(
              'url'=>'/homes/locationsajax/',
              'type'=>'GET',
              'dataType'=>'jsonp',
              'data'=>new CJavaScriptExpression('function (term, page) {return {loc_name: term, page:page}}'),
              'results'=>new CJavaScriptExpression('function (data, page) {return {results:  data.locations}}'),

          ),
          'initSelection'=>new CJavaScriptExpression('function(element, callback) { '
                    . 'var id=jQuery(element).val(); '
                    . 'if (id!=="") {'
                    . ' jQuery.ajax("/homes/locationsajax/loc_id/"+id, { dataType: "jsonp" } ).done( function(data) {'
                    . 'callback(data);'
                    . '});'
                    . '}}'),
          'formatResult'=> new CJavaScriptExpression('locationFormatResult'),
          'formatSelection'=>new CJavaScriptExpression('locationFormatSelection'),
          'escapeMarkup'=>new CJavaScriptExpression('function (m) {return m;}'),
          )
  )
                            );
    ...

following javascript is rendered by extension with the above piece of php code

  ...
  $('#location').select2(
            {
            'allowClear':true,
            'placeholder':'Type Location Here',
            'minimumInputLength':'3',
            'ajax':{
                'url':'/homes/locationsajax/',
                'type':'GET',
                'dataType':'jsonp',
                'data':function (term, page) {return {loc_name: term, page:page}},
                'results':function (data, page) {return {results:  data.locations}}},
                'initSelection':function(element, callback) { 
                    var id=jQuery(element).val(); 
                    if (id!=="") { 
                      jQuery.ajax("/homes/locationsajax/loc_id/"+id, { dataType: "jsonp" } )
                      .done( function(data) {
                              callback(data)
                              }
                        );
                    }
                  },
                  'formatResult':locationFormatResult,
                  'formatSelection':locationFormatSelection,
                  'escapeMarkup':function (m) {return m;}
            }
  );
  ...

##Binding Events Examples with dropdown list A dropdown example triggering the events "select2-selecting" and "select2-removed" which fire on selecting a choice and clearing a choice

  ...
    echo Select2::dropDownList('area_type', '', 
                array('sqft'=>'Square Feet','marla'=>'Marlas'),
                array('empty'=>'','id'=>'area_type','style'=>'width:100%',
                    'select2Options'=>array(
                        'allowClear'=>true,
                        'placeholder'=>'Unit Type',
                        'onTrigger'=>array(
                            'select2-selecting'=>new CJavaScriptExpression('function(e) { console.log(e.object.id);}'),
                            "select2-removed"=>new CJavaScriptExpression('function(e) { console.log(e.choice.text);}'),
                        )
                        ),

                    )
                );
  ...

The following javascript is rendered when you run the above piece of code

  ...
   $('#area_type').select2(
      {
        'allowClear':true,
        'placeholder':'Unit Type'
      }
    )
    .on('select2-selecting',function(e) { console.log(e.object.id);})
    .on('select2-removed',function(e) { console.log(e.choice.text);});
  ...