This library provides a widget which you can use to transform a multiselect to a searchable sortable table which has selectable rows. Packaged for fanstatic.
Once included, simply call $(select_element).tableselect(); to transform your simple multiselect element to a searchable table select widget containing values and labels. Click on rows to select them.
aoColumn and aaData values need to be provided in the global "tableselect" object with the Id of the original multiselect as key. First column must contain the values of the options of the original multiselect. In the example below this column is hidden:
- tableselect['my_multiselect']['aoColumns'] = [
- {"bVisible": false, "bSearchable": false}, {"sTitle": "Title", "bSearchable": true}, {"sTitle": "Description", "bSearchable": true}];
- tableselect['my_multiselect']['aaData'] = [
- ["value_of_first_option", "title", "description"], ["value_of_second_option", "foo", "bar"]] ;
$('#my_multiselect').tableselect();