[GH-ISSUE #1057] Add multi-select widget #764

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opened 2026-03-04 01:07:34 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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2026-03-04 01:07:34 +03:00

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Originally created by @SamWhited on GitHub (Nov 23, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/rivo/tview/issues/1057

I'm implementing a third party form markup in tview and one widget they have that currently has no equivalent in tview is a "multi-select list". For single selection I've implemented it using tviews DropDown. Having something similar but allowing multiple selection would be nice. I could see this being done in a few ways:

Similar to drop down except when the drop down is open each item can be selected or deselected individually without closing the drop-down
Similar to List except multiple items may be selected
A collection of check-boxes surrounded by a frame with a title for the group

Currently I'm implementing this using individual checkboxes but that's not ideal for a number of reasons. In part because there's no visual indicator that the checkboxes are related or a single group, and there's no way to add a label above the checkboxes matching the form items label (each individual checkbox has the label of the actual item in the multi-select, but the multi-select form fields title cannot be displayed), also submission logic is quite complicated and would be simplified by having a single widget that only gives you a list of the selected values.

This is similar to issue #965, but I believe they are distinct issues as that sounds like a more specialized adaptation of the table widget. I'd be happy to help with any of these depending on what sort of widgets you're interested in having.

Originally created by @SamWhited on GitHub (Nov 23, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/rivo/tview/issues/1057 I'm implementing a third party form markup in tview and one widget they have that currently has no equivalent in tview is a "multi-select list". For single selection I've implemented it using tviews DropDown. Having something similar but allowing multiple selection would be nice. I could see this being done in a few ways: - Similar to drop down except when the drop down is open each item can be selected or deselected individually without closing the drop-down - Similar to List except multiple items may be selected - A collection of check-boxes surrounded by a frame with a title for the group Currently I'm implementing this using individual checkboxes but that's not ideal for a number of reasons. In part because there's no visual indicator that the checkboxes are related or a single group, and there's no way to add a label above the checkboxes matching the form items label (each individual checkbox has the label of the actual item in the multi-select, but the multi-select form fields title cannot be displayed), also submission logic is quite complicated and would be simplified by having a single widget that only gives you a list of the selected values. This is similar to issue #965, but I believe they are distinct issues as that sounds like a more specialized adaptation of the table widget. I'd be happy to help with any of these depending on what sort of widgets you're interested in having.

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@SamWhited commented on GitHub (Nov 23, 2024):

My apologies, I had searched for "multi-select" but for some reason that didn't come up with #330 which this appears to be a duplicate of. Closing in favor of the original issue.

@SamWhited commented on GitHub (Nov 23, 2024): My apologies, I had searched for "multi-select" but for some reason that didn't come up with #330 which this appears to be a duplicate of. Closing in favor of the original issue.