Pick One

<esp-pick-one>

Component for selecting a single option from a list of options. For selecting multiple options, see esp-pick-some.

Initial state

Set the initially selected item using the selected attribute on the esp-picker-item:

Variable-height items

Items with longer text wrap naturally. The menu sizes itself to fit the actual content height of each item:

Typeahead (local filtering)

Add the typeahead attribute to let the user type to filter the option list. The input becomes editable and the picker switches to a filter icon on focus:

Typeahead (remote filtering)

Set the fetchItems property to a callback that returns matching items from a server. The picker debounces input (300 ms by default) and shows a loading indicator while the request is in flight. Use the provided AbortSignal to cancel stale requests:

Attributes

<esp-pick-one> has the following attributes:

value

value has a default value of undefined.

The currently selected item value, or undefined when no item is selected.

Setting this updates the selected state across the canonical picker items and any active filtered menu items.

typeahead

typeahead has a default value of false.

When true, the picker input becomes a typeahead search field. The user types to filter the option list. The match is constrained — the user must pick from the filtered results.

debounce-ms

debounce-ms has a default value of undefined.

Debounce delay in milliseconds for typeahead input. Defaults to 0 for local filtering and 300 for remote fetching.

name

name has a default value of "".

The name used when the picker participates in a <form>.

required

required has a default value of false.

When true, a selection must be made before the form can be submitted.

required-message

required-message has a default value of "".

A custom message to display when the picker is required but no selection has been made. Defaults to "Please select an option." for esp-pick-one and "Please select at least one option." for esp-pick-some when not set.

disabled

disabled has a default value of false.

When true, the picker is disabled and cannot be interacted with.

pickerItems

pickerItems has a default value of [].

The list of picker items to display in the picker. It can either be bound programmatically or computed from the child esp-picker-item elements.

placeholder

placeholder has a default value of "Choose...".

The text that is displayed in the input prompting the user to choose options.

width

width has a default value of "".

An explicit width for the picker trigger. Accepts any valid CSS width value (e.g. "5em", "80px"). When set, the host element is sized to this width while the dropdown menu is allowed to be wider to accommodate longer items.

Methods

<esp-pick-one> has the following methods:

focus

Focus the picker.

validate

Re-run constraint validation and dispatch validity-changed.

checkValidity

Check whether the current state is valid (delegates to ElementInternals).

traverseToClosest

Traverse up the DOM tree to find the closest element that matches the selector. This method is aware of shadow DOM boundaries and will traverse through them to find the element.

Events

<esp-pick-one> emits the following events:

value-changed

value-changed is of type CustomEvent<PickerItem | undefined>.

Fired when the user selects a picker item.

CSS Properties

<esp-pick-one> has the following CSS properties:

--esp-field-background

Background color of the shared field shell. Defaults to var(--esp-color-layer-2).

--esp-field-border-color

Border color of the shared field shell. Defaults to var(--esp-color-border).

--esp-field-border-width

Border width of the shared field shell. Defaults to 1px.

--esp-field-text-color

Text color used inside the shared field shell. Defaults to var(--esp-color-text).

--esp-field-hover-bg

Hover background color of the shared field shell. Derived from --esp-field-background.

--esp-field-focus-bg

Focus background color of the shared field shell. Derived from --esp-field-background.

--esp-field-focus-shadow

Shadow color used for shared field focus treatment. Defaults to var(--esp-color-shadow).

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