Select

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<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
	<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" />
	<Select.Content>
		<Select.Group>
			<Select.Label>Fruits</Select.Label>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="grape" disabled>
				Grape
			</Select.Item>
		</Select.Group>
		<Select.Separator />
		<Select.Group>
			<Select.Label>Vegetables</Select.Label>
			<Select.Item value="carrot">Carrot</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="potato">Potato</Select.Item>
		</Select.Group>
	</Select.Content>
</Select.Root>

API Reference

Root

Contains all the parts of a select. It inherits props from the Select primitive Root part.

Prop	Type	Default
`size`	`Responsive<"1" \| "2" \| "3">`	`"2"`

Trigger

The button that toggles the select. This component inherits props from the Select primitive Trigger and Value parts. It supports common margin props.

Prop	Type	Default
`variant`	`"classic" \| "surface" \| "soft" \| "ghost-offset" \| "ghost"`	`"surface"`
`color`	`enum`	—
`radius`	`"none" \| "small" \| "medium" \| "large" \| "full"`	—
`placeholder`	`Element`	—

Content

The component that pops out when the select is open. It inherits props from the Select.Portal primitive and Select.Content primitive parts.

Prop	Type	Default
`variant`	`"solid" \| "soft"`	`"solid"`
`color`	`enum`	—
`highContrast`	`boolean`	—

Item

The component that contains the select items. It inherits props from the Select.Item primitive part.

Group

Used to group multiple items. It inherits props from the Select.Group primitive part. Use in conjunction with Select.Label to ensure good accessibility via automatic labelling.

Label

Used to render the label of a group, it isn't focusable using arrow keys. It inherits props from the Select.Label primitive part.

Separator

Used to visually separate items in the Select. It inherits props from the Select.Separator primitive part.

Examples

Size

Use the size prop to control the size.

<Flex gap="3" align="center">
	<Select.Root size="1" defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root size="2" defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root size="3" defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>
</Flex>

Variant

Use the variant prop on Trigger and Content to customize the visual style.

<Flex gap="3" align="center">
	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" variant="surface" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" variant="classic" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" variant="soft" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>
</Flex>

Ghost

Use the ghost trigger variant to render the trigger without a visually containing element. Ghost triggers behave differently in layout as they use a negative margin to optically align themselves against their siblings while maintaining their padded active and hover states.

<Flex gap="3" align="center">
	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" variant="surface" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" variant="ghost" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>
</Flex>

Color

Use the color prop on Trigger and Content to assign a specific color value.

<Flex gap="3">
	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" color="indigo" variant="soft" />
		<Select.Content color="indigo">
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" color="cyan" variant="soft" />
		<Select.Content color="cyan">
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" color="orange" variant="soft" />
		<Select.Content color="orange">
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" color="crimson" variant="soft" />
		<Select.Content color="crimson">
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>
</Flex>

High-contrast

Use the highContrast prop on Content to increase item contrast.

<Flex gap="3">
	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" color="gray" />
		<Select.Content color="gray" variant="solid">
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" color="gray" />
		<Select.Content color="gray" variant="solid" highContrast>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>
</Flex>

Radius

Use the radius prop to assign a specific radius value.

<Flex gap="3">
	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" radius="none" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" radius="large" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>

	<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
		<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" radius="full" />
		<Select.Content>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
		</Select.Content>
	</Select.Root>
</Flex>

Placeholder

Use the placeholder prop to create a Trigger that doesn’t need an initial value.

<Select.Root>
	<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" placeholder="Pick a fruit" />
	<Select.Content>
		<Select.Group>
			<Select.Label>Fruits</Select.Label>
			<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="grape" disabled>
				Grape
			</Select.Item>
		</Select.Group>
		<Select.Separator />
		<Select.Group>
			<Select.Label>Vegetables</Select.Label>
			<Select.Item value="carrot">Carrot</Select.Item>
			<Select.Item value="potato">Potato</Select.Item>
		</Select.Group>
	</Select.Content>
</Select.Root>

Position

Set position="popper" prop to position the select menu below the trigger.

<Select.Root defaultValue="apple">
	<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit" />
	<Select.Content position="popper">
		<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
		<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
	</Select.Content>
</Select.Root>

With SSR

When using server-side rendering, you might notice a layout shift after hydration. This is because Trigger executes client-side code to display the selected item’s text. To avoid that layout shift, you can render it manually by mapping values.

() => {
  const data = new Map([
    ["apple", "Apple"],
    ["orange", "Orange"]
  ]);
  const [value, setValue] = createSignal("apple");
  return <Select.Root value={value()} onValueChange={setValue}>
			<Select.Trigger aria-label="Fruit">{data.get(value())}</Select.Trigger>
			<Select.Content>
				<Select.Item value="apple">Apple</Select.Item>
				<Select.Item value="orange">Orange</Select.Item>
			</Select.Content>
		</Select.Root>;
};

With an icon

You can customise how Trigger renders the value by controlling its children manually. For example, you can render an icon next to the selected item’s text.

() => {
  const data = new Map([
    ["light", { label: "Light", icon: () => <SunIcon /> }],
    ["dark", { label: "Dark", icon: () => <MoonIcon /> }]
  ]);
  const [value, setValue] = createSignal("light");
  return <Flex direction="column" maxWidth="160px">
			<Select.Root value={value()} onValueChange={setValue}>
				<Select.Trigger aria-label="Appearance">
					<Flex as="span" align="center" gap="2">
						{data.get(value())?.icon()}
						{data.get(value())?.label}
					</Flex>
				</Select.Trigger>
				<Select.Content position="popper">
					<Select.Item value="light">Light</Select.Item>
					<Select.Item value="dark">Dark</Select.Item>
				</Select.Content>
			</Select.Root>
		</Flex>;
};