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React Drop Down Box - Single Selection

DropDownBox is an advanced editor whose drop-down window can include other components.

DevExtreme ships with multiple other drop-down editors. To find out which editor best suits your task, review the following article: How to Choose a Drop-Down Editor.

To get started with the DevExtreme DropDownBox component, refer to the following step-by-step tutorial: Getting Started with DropDownBox.

Backend API
import React, { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react'; import DropDownBox, { DropDownBoxTypes } from 'devextreme-react/drop-down-box'; import TreeView, { TreeViewTypes } from 'devextreme-react/tree-view'; import DataGrid, { Selection, Paging, FilterRow, Scrolling, } from 'devextreme-react/data-grid'; import CustomStore from 'devextreme/data/custom_store'; import 'whatwg-fetch'; const gridColumns = ['CompanyName', 'City', 'Phone']; const ownerLabel = { 'aria-label': 'Owner' }; const makeAsyncDataSource = (jsonFile: string) => new CustomStore({ loadMode: 'raw', key: 'ID', load() { return fetch(`../../../../data/${jsonFile}`).then((response) => response.json()); }, }); const treeDataSource = makeAsyncDataSource('treeProducts.json'); const gridDataSource = makeAsyncDataSource('customers.json'); const gridBoxDisplayExpr = (item: { CompanyName: any; Phone: any }) => item && `${item.CompanyName} <${item.Phone}>`; function App() { const treeViewRef = useRef(null); const [treeBoxValue, setTreeBoxValue] = useState('1_1'); const [gridBoxValue, setGridBoxValue] = useState([3]); const [isGridBoxOpened, setIsGridBoxOpened] = useState(false); const [isTreeBoxOpened, setIsTreeBoxOpened] = useState(false); const treeViewItemSelectionChanged = useCallback( (e: { component: { getSelectedNodeKeys: () => any } }) => { setTreeBoxValue(e.component.getSelectedNodeKeys()); }, [], ); const dataGridOnSelectionChanged = useCallback((e: { selectedRowKeys: any }) => { setGridBoxValue(e.selectedRowKeys); setIsGridBoxOpened(false); }, []); const treeViewOnContentReady = useCallback( (e: TreeViewTypes.ContentReadyEvent) => { e.component.selectItem(treeBoxValue); }, [treeBoxValue], ); const onTreeItemClick = useCallback(() => { setIsTreeBoxOpened(false); }, []); const treeViewRender = useCallback( () => ( <TreeView dataSource={treeDataSource} ref={treeViewRef} dataStructure="plain" keyExpr="ID" parentIdExpr="categoryId" selectionMode="single" displayExpr="name" selectByClick={true} onContentReady={treeViewOnContentReady} onItemClick={onTreeItemClick} onItemSelectionChanged={treeViewItemSelectionChanged} /> ), [treeViewRef, treeViewOnContentReady, onTreeItemClick, treeViewItemSelectionChanged], ); const dataGridRender = useCallback( () => ( <DataGrid dataSource={gridDataSource} columns={gridColumns} hoverStateEnabled={true} showBorders={true} selectedRowKeys={gridBoxValue} onSelectionChanged={dataGridOnSelectionChanged} height="100%" > <Selection mode="single" /> <Scrolling mode="virtual" /> <Paging enabled={true} pageSize={10} /> <FilterRow visible={true} /> </DataGrid> ), [gridBoxValue, dataGridOnSelectionChanged], ); const syncTreeViewSelection = useCallback((e: DropDownBoxTypes.ValueChangedEvent) => { setTreeBoxValue(e.value); if (!treeViewRef.current) return; if (!e.value) { treeViewRef.current.instance().unselectAll(); } else { treeViewRef.current.instance().selectItem(e.value); } }, []); const syncDataGridSelection = useCallback((e: DropDownBoxTypes.ValueChangedEvent) => { setGridBoxValue(e.value); }, []); const onGridBoxOpened = useCallback((e: DropDownBoxTypes.OptionChangedEvent) => { if (e.name === 'opened') { setIsGridBoxOpened(e.value); } }, []); const onTreeBoxOpened = useCallback((e: DropDownBoxTypes.OptionChangedEvent) => { if (e.name === 'opened') { setIsTreeBoxOpened(e.value); } }, []); return ( <div className="dx-fieldset"> <div className="dx-field"> <div className="dx-field-label">DropDownBox with embedded TreeView</div> <div className="dx-field-value"> <DropDownBox value={treeBoxValue} opened={isTreeBoxOpened} valueExpr="ID" inputAttr={ownerLabel} displayExpr="name" placeholder="Select a value..." showClearButton={true} dataSource={treeDataSource} onValueChanged={syncTreeViewSelection} onOptionChanged={onTreeBoxOpened} contentRender={treeViewRender} /> </div> </div> <div className="dx-field"> <div className="dx-field-label">DropDownBox with embedded DataGrid</div> <div className="dx-field-value"> <DropDownBox value={gridBoxValue} opened={isGridBoxOpened} valueExpr="ID" deferRendering={false} inputAttr={ownerLabel} displayExpr={gridBoxDisplayExpr} placeholder="Select a value..." showClearButton={true} dataSource={gridDataSource} onValueChanged={syncDataGridSelection} onOptionChanged={onGridBoxOpened} contentRender={dataGridRender} /> </div> </div> </div> ); } export default App;
import React, { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react'; import DropDownBox from 'devextreme-react/drop-down-box'; import TreeView from 'devextreme-react/tree-view'; import DataGrid, { Selection, Paging, FilterRow, Scrolling, } from 'devextreme-react/data-grid'; import CustomStore from 'devextreme/data/custom_store'; import 'whatwg-fetch'; const gridColumns = ['CompanyName', 'City', 'Phone']; const ownerLabel = { 'aria-label': 'Owner' }; const makeAsyncDataSource = (jsonFile) => new CustomStore({ loadMode: 'raw', key: 'ID', load() { return fetch(`../../../../data/${jsonFile}`).then((response) => response.json()); }, }); const treeDataSource = makeAsyncDataSource('treeProducts.json'); const gridDataSource = makeAsyncDataSource('customers.json'); const gridBoxDisplayExpr = (item) => item && `${item.CompanyName} <${item.Phone}>`; function App() { const treeViewRef = useRef(null); const [treeBoxValue, setTreeBoxValue] = useState('1_1'); const [gridBoxValue, setGridBoxValue] = useState([3]); const [isGridBoxOpened, setIsGridBoxOpened] = useState(false); const [isTreeBoxOpened, setIsTreeBoxOpened] = useState(false); const treeViewItemSelectionChanged = useCallback((e) => { setTreeBoxValue(e.component.getSelectedNodeKeys()); }, []); const dataGridOnSelectionChanged = useCallback((e) => { setGridBoxValue(e.selectedRowKeys); setIsGridBoxOpened(false); }, []); const treeViewOnContentReady = useCallback( (e) => { e.component.selectItem(treeBoxValue); }, [treeBoxValue], ); const onTreeItemClick = useCallback(() => { setIsTreeBoxOpened(false); }, []); const treeViewRender = useCallback( () => ( <TreeView dataSource={treeDataSource} ref={treeViewRef} dataStructure="plain" keyExpr="ID" parentIdExpr="categoryId" selectionMode="single" displayExpr="name" selectByClick={true} onContentReady={treeViewOnContentReady} onItemClick={onTreeItemClick} onItemSelectionChanged={treeViewItemSelectionChanged} /> ), [treeViewRef, treeViewOnContentReady, onTreeItemClick, treeViewItemSelectionChanged], ); const dataGridRender = useCallback( () => ( <DataGrid dataSource={gridDataSource} columns={gridColumns} hoverStateEnabled={true} showBorders={true} selectedRowKeys={gridBoxValue} onSelectionChanged={dataGridOnSelectionChanged} height="100%" > <Selection mode="single" /> <Scrolling mode="virtual" /> <Paging enabled={true} pageSize={10} /> <FilterRow visible={true} /> </DataGrid> ), [gridBoxValue, dataGridOnSelectionChanged], ); const syncTreeViewSelection = useCallback((e) => { setTreeBoxValue(e.value); if (!treeViewRef.current) return; if (!e.value) { treeViewRef.current.instance().unselectAll(); } else { treeViewRef.current.instance().selectItem(e.value); } }, []); const syncDataGridSelection = useCallback((e) => { setGridBoxValue(e.value); }, []); const onGridBoxOpened = useCallback((e) => { if (e.name === 'opened') { setIsGridBoxOpened(e.value); } }, []); const onTreeBoxOpened = useCallback((e) => { if (e.name === 'opened') { setIsTreeBoxOpened(e.value); } }, []); return ( <div className="dx-fieldset"> <div className="dx-field"> <div className="dx-field-label">DropDownBox with embedded TreeView</div> <div className="dx-field-value"> <DropDownBox value={treeBoxValue} opened={isTreeBoxOpened} valueExpr="ID" inputAttr={ownerLabel} displayExpr="name" placeholder="Select a value..." showClearButton={true} dataSource={treeDataSource} onValueChanged={syncTreeViewSelection} onOptionChanged={onTreeBoxOpened} contentRender={treeViewRender} /> </div> </div> <div className="dx-field"> <div className="dx-field-label">DropDownBox with embedded DataGrid</div> <div className="dx-field-value"> <DropDownBox value={gridBoxValue} opened={isGridBoxOpened} valueExpr="ID" deferRendering={false} inputAttr={ownerLabel} displayExpr={gridBoxDisplayExpr} placeholder="Select a value..." showClearButton={true} dataSource={gridDataSource} onValueChanged={syncDataGridSelection} onOptionChanged={onGridBoxOpened} contentRender={dataGridRender} /> </div> </div> </div> ); } export default App;
import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import App from './App.tsx'; ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
window.exports = window.exports || {}; window.config = { transpiler: 'ts', typescriptOptions: { module: 'system', emitDecoratorMetadata: true, experimentalDecorators: true, jsx: 'react', }, meta: { 'react': { 'esModule': true, }, 'typescript': { 'exports': 'ts', }, 'devextreme/time_zone_utils.js': { 'esModule': true, }, 'devextreme/localization.js': { 'esModule': true, }, 'devextreme/viz/palette.js': { 'esModule': true, }, }, paths: { 'npm:': 'https://unpkg.com/', }, defaultExtension: 'js', map: { 'ts': 'npm:plugin-typescript@4.2.4/lib/plugin.js', 'typescript': 'npm:typescript@4.2.4/lib/typescript.js', 'react': 'npm:react@17.0.2/umd/react.development.js', 'react-dom': 'npm:react-dom@17.0.2/umd/react-dom.development.js', 'prop-types': 'npm:prop-types@15.8.1/prop-types.js', 'whatwg-fetch': 'npm:whatwg-fetch@2.0.4/fetch.js', 'rrule': 'npm:rrule@2.6.4/dist/es5/rrule.js', 'luxon': 'npm:luxon@1.28.1/build/global/luxon.min.js', 'es6-object-assign': 'npm:es6-object-assign@1.1.0', 'devextreme': 'npm:devextreme@24.1.6/cjs', 'devextreme-react': 'npm:devextreme-react@24.1.6/cjs', 'jszip': 'npm:jszip@3.10.1/dist/jszip.min.js', 'devextreme-quill': 'npm:devextreme-quill@1.7.1/dist/dx-quill.min.js', 'devexpress-diagram': 'npm:devexpress-diagram@2.2.11/dist/dx-diagram.js', 'devexpress-gantt': 'npm:devexpress-gantt@4.1.56/dist/dx-gantt.js', '@devextreme/runtime': 'npm:@devextreme/runtime@3.0.13', 'inferno': 'npm:inferno@7.4.11/dist/inferno.min.js', 'inferno-compat': 'npm:inferno-compat/dist/inferno-compat.min.js', 'inferno-create-element': 'npm:inferno-create-element@7.4.11/dist/inferno-create-element.min.js', 'inferno-dom': 'npm:inferno-dom/dist/inferno-dom.min.js', 'inferno-hydrate': 'npm:inferno-hydrate@7.4.11/dist/inferno-hydrate.min.js', 'inferno-clone-vnode': 'npm:inferno-clone-vnode/dist/inferno-clone-vnode.min.js', 'inferno-create-class': 'npm:inferno-create-class/dist/inferno-create-class.min.js', 'inferno-extras': 'npm:inferno-extras/dist/inferno-extras.min.js', 'devextreme-cldr-data': 'npm:devextreme-cldr-data@1.0.3', // SystemJS plugins 'plugin-babel': 'npm:systemjs-plugin-babel@0.0.25/plugin-babel.js', 'systemjs-babel-build': 'npm:systemjs-plugin-babel@0.0.25/systemjs-babel-browser.js', // Prettier 'prettier/standalone': 'npm:prettier@2.8.8/standalone.js', 'prettier/parser-html': 'npm:prettier@2.8.8/parser-html.js', }, packages: { 'devextreme': { defaultExtension: 'js', }, 'devextreme-react': { main: 'index.js', }, 'devextreme/events/utils': { main: 'index', }, 'devextreme/localization/messages': { format: 'json', defaultExtension: 'json', }, 'devextreme/events': { main: 'index', }, 'es6-object-assign': { main: './index.js', defaultExtension: 'js', }, }, packageConfigPaths: [ 'npm:@devextreme/*/package.json', 'npm:@devextreme/runtime@3.0.13/inferno/package.json', ], babelOptions: { sourceMaps: false, stage0: true, react: true, }, }; System.config(window.config);
import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import App from './App.js'; ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
[{ "ID": 1, "CompanyName": "Premier Buy", "Address": "7601 Penn Avenue South", "City": "Richfield", "State": "Minnesota", "Zipcode": 55423, "Phone": "(612) 291-1000", "Fax": "(612) 291-2001", "Website": "http://www.nowebsitepremierbuy.dx" }, { "ID": 2, "CompanyName": "ElectrixMax", "Address": "263 Shuman Blvd", "City": "Naperville", "State": "Illinois", "Zipcode": 60563, "Phone": "(630) 438-7800", "Fax": "(630) 438-7801", "Website": "http://www.nowebsiteelectrixmax.dx" }, { "ID": 3, "CompanyName": "Video Emporium", "Address": "1201 Elm Street", "City": "Dallas", "State": "Texas", "Zipcode": 75270, "Phone": "(214) 854-3000", "Fax": "(214) 854-3001", "Website": "http://www.nowebsitevideoemporium.dx" }, { "ID": 4, "CompanyName": "Screen Shop", "Address": "1000 Lowes Blvd", "City": "Mooresville", "State": "North Carolina", "Zipcode": 28117, "Phone": "(800) 445-6937", "Fax": "(800) 445-6938", "Website": "http://www.nowebsitescreenshop.dx" }, { "ID": 5, "CompanyName": "Braeburn", "Address": "1 Infinite Loop", "City": "Cupertino", "State": "California", "Zipcode": 95014, "Phone": "(408) 996-1010", "Fax": "(408) 996-1012", "Website": "http://www.nowebsitebraeburn.dx" }, { "ID": 6, "CompanyName": "PriceCo", "Address": "30 Hunter Lane", "City": "Camp Hill", "State": "Pennsylvania", "Zipcode": 17011, "Phone": "(717) 761-2633", "Fax": "(717) 761-2334", "Website": "http://www.nowebsitepriceco.dx" }, { "ID": 7, "CompanyName": "Ultimate Gadget", "Address": "1557 Watson Blvd", "City": "Warner Robbins", "State": "Georgia", "Zipcode": 31093, "Phone": "(995) 623-6785", "Fax": "(995) 623-6786", "Website": "http://www.nowebsiteultimategadget.dx" }, { "ID": 8, "CompanyName": "EZ Stop", "Address": "618 Michillinda Ave.", "City": "Arcadia", "State": "California", "Zipcode": 91007, "Phone": "(626) 265-8632", "Fax": "(626) 265-8633", "Website": "http://www.nowebsiteezstop.dx" }, { "ID": 9, "CompanyName": "Clicker", "Address": "1100 W. Artesia Blvd.", "City": "Compton", "State": "California", "Zipcode": 90220, "Phone": "(310) 884-9000", "Fax": "(310) 884-9001", "Website": "http://www.nowebsiteclicker.dx" }, { "ID": 10, "CompanyName": "Store of America", "Address": "2401 Utah Ave. South", "City": "Seattle", "State": "Washington", "Zipcode": 98134, "Phone": "(206) 447-1575", "Fax": "(206) 447-1576", "Website": "http://www.nowebsiteamerica.dx" }, { "ID": 11, "CompanyName": "Zone Toys", "Address": "1945 S Cienega Boulevard", "City": "Los Angeles", "State": "California", "Zipcode": 90034, "Phone": "(310) 237-5642", "Fax": "(310) 237-5643", "Website": "http://www.nowebsitezonetoys.dx" }, { "ID": 12, "CompanyName": "ACME", "Address": "2525 E El Segundo Blvd", "City": "El Segundo", "State": "California", "Zipcode": 90245, "Phone": "(310) 536-0611", "Fax": "(310) 536-0612", "Website": "http://www.nowebsiteacme.dx" }]
[ { "ID": 1, "name": "Stores", "expanded": true }, { "ID": "1_1", "categoryId": 1, "name": "Super Mart of the West", "expanded": true }, { "ID": "1_1_1", "categoryId": "1_1", "name": "Video Players" }, { "ID": "1_1_1_1", "categoryId": "1_1_1", "name": "HD Video Player", "price": 220 }, { "ID": "1_1_1_2", "categoryId": "1_1_1", "name": "SuperHD Video Player", "price": 270 }, { "ID": "1_1_2", "categoryId": "1_1", "name": "Televisions", "expanded": true }, { "ID": "1_1_2_1", "categoryId": "1_1_2", "name": "SuperLCD 42", "price": 1200 }, { "ID": "1_1_2_2", "categoryId": "1_1_2", "name": "SuperLED 42", "price": 1450 }, { "ID": "1_1_2_3", "categoryId": "1_1_2", "name": "SuperLED 50", "price": 1600 }, { "ID": "1_1_2_4", "categoryId": "1_1_2", "name": "SuperLCD 55", "price": 1750 }, { "ID": "1_1_2_5", "categoryId": "1_1_2", "name": "SuperLCD 70", "price": 4000 }, { "ID": "1_1_3", "categoryId": "1_1", "name": "Monitors" }, { "ID": "1_1_3_1", "categoryId": "1_1_3", "name": "19\"" }, { "ID": "1_1_3_1_1", "categoryId": "1_1_3_1", "name": "DesktopLCD 19", "price": 160 }, { "ID": "1_1_4", "categoryId": "1_1", "name": "Projectors" }, { "ID": "1_1_4_1", "categoryId": "1_1_4", "name": "Projector Plus", "price": 550 }, { "ID": "1_1_4_2", "categoryId": "1_1_4", "name": "Projector PlusHD", "price": 750 } ]
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>DevExtreme Demo</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn3.devexpress.com/jslib/24.1.6/css/dx.light.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /> <script src="https://unpkg.com/core-js@2.6.12/client/shim.min.js"></script> <script src="https://unpkg.com/systemjs@0.21.3/dist/system.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="config.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> System.import("./index.tsx"); </script> </head> <body class="dx-viewport"> <div class="demo-container"> <div id="app"></div> </div> </body> </html>
.dx-fieldset { height: 500px; }

The following instructions show how to synchronize the DropDownBox with any other embedded DevExtreme component:

  1. Specify data sources
    The DropDownBox's and embedded component's data sources can be the same or different. If they are different, the embedded component's key field should be present in the DropDownBox's data source.

  2. Specify which data field provides the DropDownBox's values and the embedded component's keys
    Assign the field's name to the DropDownBox's valueExpr property and to the key property of the embedded component's store.

  3. Synchronize the DropDownBox's value and the embedded component's selection
    Bind the DropDownBox's value and the embedded component's selectedRowKeys/selectedItemKeys property to the same variable.