select box with multiple values turning on and off

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I've got a select box in a form with multiple="multiple" switched on.

At the moment I can obviously hold Ctrl if I want to select multiple items, but what I really want it the option to just click any i like, and they just get selected or deselected when clicked.

I guess kinda like a whole list of checkboxes, but I really don't want them as checkboxes, I want them all as a dropdown.

Is this even possible? Maybe with jquery?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 19 '13 at 15:37

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I think going with checkboxes is not a bad way. Check out http://jqueryui.com/button/#checkbox. Then you can style the buttons like a list with display: block etc.

answered Jul 19 '13 at 15:37

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Thanks, the radio buttons in this page was perfect. – jimbeeer Aug 08 '13 at 11:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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You can also do something a little different like this: jQuery Sortable - Select and Drag Multiple List Items

The demo shown there works as you requested in an appealing way.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Jul 19 '13 at 15:30

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