DevExtreme jQuery/JS - Create a User-Defined Item

A user can select existing values and add new values to the TagBox. To enable this feature, assign true to the acceptCustomValue option. Note that you should implement the onCustomItemCreating handler to create a new data source entry.

jQuery
HTML
JavaScript
<div id="tagBoxContainer"></div>
const tagBoxData = new DevExpress.data.DataSource({
    store: [
        { id: 1, firstName: "Andrew" },
        { id: 2, firstName: "Nancy" },
        { id: 3, firstName: "Steven" }
    ]
});

$("#tagBoxContainer").dxTagBox({
    dataSource: tagBoxData,
    valueExpr: 'id',
    displayExpr: 'firstName',
    acceptCustomValue: true,
    onCustomItemCreating: function(e){
        // Generates a new 'id'
        const nextId = Math.max.apply(Math, tagBoxData.items().map(function(c) { return c.id; })) + 1;
        // Creates a new entry
        e.customItem = { id: nextId, firstName: e.text };
        // Adds the entry to the data source
        tagBoxData.store().insert(e.customItem);
        // Reloads the data source
        tagBoxData.reload();
    }
});
Angular
HTML
TypeScript
<dx-tag-box
    [dataSource]="tagBoxData"
    valueExpr="id"
    displayExpr="firstName"
    [acceptCustomValue]="true"
    (onCustomItemCreating)="onCustomItemCreating($event)">
</dx-tag-box>
import DataSource from "devextreme/data/data_source";
import { DxTagBoxModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    tagBoxData: DataSource = new DataSource({
        store: [
            { id: 1, firstName: "Andrew" },
            { id: 2, firstName: "Nancy" },
            { id: 3, firstName: "Steven" }
        ]
    });
    onCustomItemCreating (e) {
        // Generates a new 'id'
        let nextId = Math.max.apply(Math, this.tagBoxData.items().map(function(c) { return c.id; })) + 1;
        // Creates a new entry
        e.customItem = { id: nextId, firstName: e.text };
        // Adds the entry to the data source
        this.tagBoxData.store().insert(e.customItem);
        // Reloads the data source
        this.tagBoxData.reload();
    }
}
@NgModule({
     imports: [
         // ...
         DxTagBoxModule
     ],
     // ...
 })
Vue
<template>
    <DxTagBox
        :data-source="tagBoxData"
        :accept-custom-value="true"
        value-expr="id"
        display-expr="firstName"
        @custom-item-creating="onCustomItemCreating"
    />
</template>

<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { DxTagBox } from 'devextreme-vue/tag-box';
import DataSource from "devextreme/data/data_source";

export default {
    components: {
        DxTagBox
    },
    data() {
        return {
            tagBoxData: new DataSource({
                store: [
                    { id: 1, firstName: "Andrew" },
                    { id: 2, firstName: "Nancy" },
                    { id: 3, firstName: "Steven" }
                ]
            });
        };
    },
    methods: {
        onCustomItemCreating(e) {
            // Generates a new 'id'
            const nextId = Math.max.apply(Math, this.tagBoxData.items().map(function(c) {
                return c.id;
            })) + 1;
            // Creates a new entry
            e.customItem = {
                id: nextId,
                firstName: e.text
            };
            // Adds the entry to the data source
            this.tagBoxData.store().insert(e.customItem);
            // Reloads the data source
            this.tagBoxData.reload();
        }
    }
}
</script>
React
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { TagBox } from 'devextreme-react/tag-box';
import DataSource from "devextreme/data/data_source";

const tagBoxData = new DataSource({
    store: [
        { id: 1, firstName: "Andrew" },
        { id: 2, firstName: "Nancy" },
        { id: 3, firstName: "Steven" }
    ]
});

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.onCustomItemCreating = this.onCustomItemCreating.bind(this);
    }

    onCustomItemCreating(e) {
        // Generates a new 'id'
        const nextId = Math.max.apply(Math, tagBoxData.items().map(function(c) {
            return c.id;
        })) + 1;
        // Creates a new entry
        e.customItem = {
            id: nextId,
            firstName: e.text
        };
        // Adds the entry to the data source
        tagBoxData.store().insert(e.customItem);
        // Reloads the data source
        tagBoxData.reload();
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <TagBox
                dataSource={tagBoxData}
                acceptCustomValue={true}
                valueExpr="id"
                displayExpr="firstName"
                onCustomItemCreating={this.onCustomItemCreating}
            />
        );
    }
}

export default App;
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