Option to enable standard multi-select behavior?

I was wondering if you think it was a good idea to enable standard multi-select behavior in react-select, when the multi prop is set to true. I.e., send the selected values, with the key repeated for each value in the query string: foo[]=bar&foo[]=baz. The way this could work is that instead of the hidden text field, a select field is maintained, which mirrors the selected values as selected options. This would have to be hidden using CSS, instead of the type="hidden" attribute. It would also mean more overhead in terms of performance. That’s why I think not having this as a default but as an option would be better.

[gwyneplaine]

resolved, we now have a hidden input that serializes selected values (both multi and single) that operates as expected with native form elements.

[bruderstein]

That’s a very good point. Enabling this by setting the name property seems like a good way to ensure this isn’t done unnecessarily.

I can see both sides of the “do we want to support this” argument though.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Helge Rausch [e-mail] wrote:

I don’t think using an actual select is that much more complicated. Instead of inputs you use options, have them all selected and wrap them in a select:

var selectedOptions = this.state.values.map(option =>

<option style="display: none;" value={option.value} selected="selected" />) React.createElement('select', { name: this.props.name }, selectedOptions);

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