jQWidgets jqxComboBox validateSelection Property

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful and optimized framework, platform-independent, and widely supported. The jqxComboBox is used to represent a jQuery ComboBox widget that contains an input field with autocomplete functionality and a list of selectable items displayed in a drop-down.

The validateSelection property is used to specify if an item from the displayed combobox is capable of being selected in multiple-selection mode or not. It is of type function and its default value is "null".

Syntax:

• To set the validateSelection property.

$('#selector').jqxComboBox({ validateSelection: function(name)
 {
 if (name == "jQuery")
 return false;
 return true;
 }
});

• To get the validateSelection property.

var vs = $('#selector').jqxComboBox('validateSelection');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcombobox.js”></script>

Example 1: The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxComboBox validateSelection property.

Output:

Example 2: The following is another example of the jqxComboBox validateSelection property in jQWidgets.

Output:

Reference: https://www.jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-documentation/documentation/jqxcombobox/jquery-combobox-api.htm?search=