Quick Start

In this quick start, you'll learn how to add the DropDown widget to an HTML project using HTML markup and jQuery script.

To create a new HTML page in your favorite text editor, add the following code and save the document with an .html extension.
Drop down and copy markup
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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <HTML> <head> </head> <body> </body> </HTML>

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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <HTML> <head> </head> <body> </body> </HTML>

Add links to the dependencies to your HTML page within the <head> tags. Find the latest dependencies in the content delivery network (CDN) file at wijmo cdn.

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<!--Theme--> <link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/themes/aristo/jquery-wijmo.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!--Wijmo Widgets CSS--> <link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-pro.all.3.20183.140.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!--RequireJs--> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/external/require.js"></script>

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<!--Theme-->
<link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/themes/aristo/jquery-wijmo.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<!--Wijmo Widgets CSS-->
<link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-pro.all.3.20183.140.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<!--RequireJs-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/external/require.js"></script>

Add the following markup within the <body> tags to create the widget. The <select> element creates the widget, and we call its id attribute in jQuery to initialize it. This markup adds a dropdown list of cities with group labels for the U.S. and Canada to your page. It also pre-selects the Los Angeles option.

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<p>Select your destination: <select id="select1"> <optgroup label="United States"> <option>New York</option> <option selected="selected">Los Angeles</option> <option>Chicago</option> <option>Houston</option> <option>Philadelphia</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Canada"> <option>Toronto</option> <option>Montreal</option> <option>Vancouver</option> <option>Ottawa</option> <option>Calgary</option> </optgroup> </select> </p>

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<p>Select your destination: <select id="select1">
 <optgroup label="United States">
   <option>New York</option>
   <option selected="selected">Los Angeles</option>
   <option>Chicago</option>
   <option>Houston</option>
   <option>Philadelphia</option>
  </optgroup>
 <optgroup label="Canada">
    <option>Toronto</option>
    <option>Montreal</option>
    <option>Vancouver</option>
    <option>Ottawa</option>
    <option>Calgary</option>
  </optgroup>
 </select>
</p>

Within the <head> tags, below the references, add the following script to initialize the widget and populate it with data.

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<script type="text/javascript"> requirejs.config({ baseUrl: "http://cdn.wijmo.com/amd-js/3.20161.90", paths: { "jquery": "jquery-1.11.1.min", "jquery-ui": "jquery-ui-1.11.0.custom.min", "jquery.ui": "jquery-ui", "jquery.mousewheel": "jquery.mousewheel.min", "globalize": "globalize.min" } }); </script> <script id="scriptInit" type="text/javascript"> require(["wijmo.wijdropdown"], function () { $(document).ready(function () { $("#select1").wijdropdown(); }); }); </script>

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<script type="text/javascript">
    requirejs.config({
        baseUrl: "http://cdn.wijmo.com/amd-js/3.20161.90",
            paths: {
                "jquery": "jquery-1.11.1.min",
                "jquery-ui": "jquery-ui-1.11.0.custom.min",
                "jquery.ui": "jquery-ui",
                "jquery.mousewheel": "jquery.mousewheel.min",
                "globalize": "globalize.min"
            }
    });
</script>

<script id="scriptInit" type="text/javascript">
    require(["wijmo.wijdropdown"], function () {
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("#select1").wijdropdown();
        });
    });
</script>

Save your HTML file and open it in a browser. The widget appears like the following live widget.

Reference

wijdropdown API