#jQuery Selectric ϟ

jQuery Selectric is a jQuery plugin designed to help at stylizing and manipulating HTML selects.

##How to use:

Make sure to include jQuery in your page:

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>

Include jQuery Selectric:

<script src="js/jquery.selectric.min.js"></script>

Put styles in your CSS and change it to your taste :D

/* Selectric */
.selectricWrapper { position: relative; margin: 0 0 10px; }
.selectricWrapper.selectricOpen { z-index: 9999; }
.selectricHideSelect { position: relative; overflow: hidden; }
.selectricHideSelect select { position: absolute; left: -100%; }
.selectric { border: 1px solid #CCC; background: #F0F0F0; width: 300px; position: relative; -moz-border-radius: 2px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; }
.selectricOpen .selectric { border: 1px solid #999; background: #E8E8E8; z-index: 9999; }
.selectric .label { display: block; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; margin: 0 30px 0 0; padding: 5px 0 5px 5px; font-size: 13px; }
.selectric .label span { background: #09F; color: #FFF; }
.selectric span.button { position: absolute; right: 2px; top: 2px; font-size: 9px; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; width: 23px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; color: #FFF; text-align: center; background: #A7C7DC; }
.hover span.button { background: #85B2D3; }

/* Items box */
.selectricItems ul,
.selectricItems li { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; min-height: 20px; font-size: 13px; }
.selectricItems { display: none; position: absolute; overflow: auto; top: 100%; left: 0; background: #F0F0F0; border: 1px solid #CCC; z-index: 9998; }
.selectricItems li { padding: 5px; cursor: pointer; display: block; border-bottom: 1px solid #DFDFDF; }
.selectricItems li + li { border-top: 1px solid #FFF; }
.selectricItems li.selected { background: #888; color: #F0F0F0; }
.selectricItems li:hover { background: #999; color: #F0F0F0; }

Initialize jQuery Selectric:

<script>
$(function(){
	$('select').selectric();
});
</script>

##Options:

Option	Default	Type	Description
onOpen	function() {}	Function	Function called when select options is opened
onClose	function() {}	Function	Function called when select options is closed
maxHeight	300	Integer	Maximum height options box can be
keySearchTimeout	500	Integer	After this time without pressing any key, the search string is reseted
highlight	true	Boolean	Highlight searched string in label
arrowButtonMarkup	<span class="button">&#9660;</span>	String [HTML]	Markup for open options button
disableOnMobile	true	Boolean	Initialize plugin on mobile browsers
margin	5	Integer	Minimum space between opened options and window
bindSufix	.sl	String	Bind events namespace

##Public methods:

$('select').selectric('refresh'); // Reconstruct the instance of plugin
$('select').selectric('destroy'); // Destroy Selectric and go back to normal
$('select').selectric('open'); // Open options
$('select').selectric('close'); // Close options

##Browser support:

• Firefox
• Chrome
• Safari
• Internet Explorer 7+
• Opera