Tom Select Alternatives

Tom Select is described as 'The hybrid of a textbox and select box. It has autocomplete and native-feeling keyboard navigation. Useful for tagging, contact lists, etc' and is an website in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Tom Select, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including jQuery, JavaScript, Self-Hosted and Mac apps. The best Tom Select alternative is Select2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Tom Select are Chosen, Selectize.js, Bootstrap Multiselect and jQuery TokenInput.

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  1. Select2 icon
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    Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results. Look and feel of Select2 is based on the excellent Chosen library.

    7 Select2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • jQuery
     
  2. Chosen icon
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    Chosen is a JavaScript plugin that makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly. It is currently available as both jQuery Prototype plug-ins and with forks for supporting MooTools and Drupal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • jQuery
     
  3. Selectize.js icon
     14 likes

    Selectize is a custom <select> UI control with autocomplete and native-feeling keyboard navigation. It's useful for tagging, contact lists, country selectors, and so on.

    7 Selectize.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • jQuery
     
  4. Bootstrap Multiselect is a JQuery based plugin to provide an intuitive user interface for using select inputs with the multiple attribute present. Instead of a select a bootstrap button will be shown as dropdown menu containing the single options as checkboxes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • jQuery
     
  5. Tokeninput is a jQuery plugin which allows your users to select multiple items from a predefined list, using autocompletion as they type to find each item. You may have seen a similar type of text entry when filling in the recipients field sending messages on facebook.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • jQuery
     
  6. Slim advanced select dropdown.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  7.  Like

    A lightweight dependency-free select box replacement written in vanilla JavaScript. Similar to Select2 and Chosen without the dependencies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
     
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