vaadin-framework/documentation/components/components-nativeselect.asciidoc

---
title: NativeSelect
order: 18
layout: page
---

[[components.nativeselect]]
= NativeSelect

ifdef::web[]
[.sampler]
image:{live-demo-image}[alt="Live Demo", link="http://demo.vaadin.com/sampler/#ui/data-input/multiple-value/drop-down-menu"]
endif::web[]

[classname]#NativeSelect# is a selection component allows selecting an item from a
drop-down list. It is implemented with the native selection input of web browsers, using the HTML [literal]#++<select>++# element.


[source, java]
----
// Create the selection component
NativeSelect<String> select =
    new NativeSelect<>("Native Selection");

// Add some items
select.setItems("Mercury", "Venus", ...);
----

The [methodname]#setColumns()# allows setting the width of the list as
"columns", which is a measure that depends on the browser.

[[figure.components.nativeselect.basic]]
.The [classname]#NativeSelect# Component
image::img/nativeselect-basic.png[width=20%, scaledwidth=35%]

Common selection component features are described in
<<dummy/../../../framework/components/components-selection#components.selection,"Selection Components">>.

== CSS Style Rules


[source, css]
----
.v-select {}
  .v-select-select {}
----

The component has a [literal]#++v-select++# overall style. The native
[literal]#++select++# element has [literal]#++v-select-select++# style.