I am using jQuery UI's selectmenu to style a <select> element on a page.
By default, it renders a <span> with class .ui-selectmenu-button which toggles the menu.
However, I would like to hide that and make the menu appear/disappear when clicking on a different element on the page.
How would I do this, please?
Note: the currently selected value of the menu does not need to be visible until the menu appears, so that is not a concern.
Consider the following example.
$(function() {
$("#speed").selectmenu();
$(".next").click(function() {
$(".select-option").show();
$("#speed").selectmenu("open");
});
});label {
display: block;
}
select {
width: 200px;
}
.hidden {
display: none;
}<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<div class="car-type ui-widget">
<label for="car-name" class="ui-widget-header">Name your car:</label>
<input type="text" name="car-name" id="car-name" class="ui-widget-content"><button class="next btn i-priority-primary">Next</button>
<div class="select-option hidden">
<label for="speed" class="ui-widget-header">Select a speed:</label>
<select name="speed" id="speed">
<option value="Slower">Slower</option>
<option value="Slow">Slow</option>
<option value="Medium" selected>Medium</option>
<option value="Fast">Fast</option>
<option value="Faster">Faster</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
openmethod? See More: api.jqueryui.com/selectmenu/#method-open