How to add an icon in the react-select dropdown
Today we will show you how to add an icon in the react-select dropdown. In the previous articles, we have explained multiple examples with the react-select dropdown.
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Steps to add an icon in the react-select
1. Implement the react-select dropdown
Let’s implement the react-select dropdown in the react application. Check out the following article to implement a dropdown.
2. Customize the label for the dropdown
Let’s assume that we have a list of items that contain the icon and display text as below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | [ { value: 1, text: 'Up Arrow', icon: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-arrow-up-circle" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M1 8a7 7 0 1 0 14 0A7 7 0 0 0 1 8zm15 0A8 8 0 1 1 0 8a8 8 0 0 1 16 0zm-7.5 3.5a.5.5 0 0 1-1 0V5.707L5.354 7.854a.5.5 0 1 1-.708-.708l3-3a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0l3 3a.5.5 0 0 1-.708.708L8.5 5.707V11.5z" /> </svg> }, { value: 2, text: 'Down Arrow', icon: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-arrow-down-circle" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M1 8a7 7 0 1 0 14 0A7 7 0 0 0 1 8zm15 0A8 8 0 1 1 0 8a8 8 0 0 1 16 0zM8.5 4.5a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0v5.793L5.354 8.146a.5.5 0 1 0-.708.708l3 3a.5.5 0 0 0 .708 0l3-3a.5.5 0 0 0-.708-.708L8.5 10.293V4.5z" /> </svg> }, { value: 3, text: 'Left Arrow', icon: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-arrow-left-circle" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M1 8a7 7 0 1 0 14 0A7 7 0 0 0 1 8zm15 0A8 8 0 1 1 0 8a8 8 0 0 1 16 0zm-4.5-.5a.5.5 0 0 1 0 1H5.707l2.147 2.146a.5.5 0 0 1-.708.708l-3-3a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708l3-3a.5.5 0 1 1 .708.708L5.707 7.5H11.5z" /> </svg> }, { value: 4, text: 'Right Arrow', icon: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-arrow-right-circle" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M1 8a7 7 0 1 0 14 0A7 7 0 0 0 1 8zm15 0A8 8 0 1 1 0 8a8 8 0 0 1 16 0zM4.5 7.5a.5.5 0 0 0 0 1h5.793l-2.147 2.146a.5.5 0 0 0 .708.708l3-3a.5.5 0 0 0 0-.708l-3-3a.5.5 0 1 0-.708.708L10.293 7.5H4.5z" /> </svg> } ] |
As an icon we have taken the svg image but you can take any icons such as line icons, font awesome icons, etc.
To customize the label, we will use the getOptionLabel property of the react-select dropdown.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | <Select placeholder="Select Option" value={selectedOption} options={data} onChange={handleChange} getOptionLabel={e => ( <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center' }}> {e.icon} <span style={{ marginLeft: 5 }}>{e.text}</span> </div> )} /> |
3. Output
Let’s combine all the code together and see how it looks.
App.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 | import React, { useState } from 'react'; import Select from 'react-select'; function App() { const data = [ { value: 1, text: 'Up Arrow', icon: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-arrow-up-circle" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M1 8a7 7 0 1 0 14 0A7 7 0 0 0 1 8zm15 0A8 8 0 1 1 0 8a8 8 0 0 1 16 0zm-7.5 3.5a.5.5 0 0 1-1 0V5.707L5.354 7.854a.5.5 0 1 1-.708-.708l3-3a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0l3 3a.5.5 0 0 1-.708.708L8.5 5.707V11.5z" /> </svg> }, { value: 2, text: 'Down Arrow', icon: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-arrow-down-circle" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M1 8a7 7 0 1 0 14 0A7 7 0 0 0 1 8zm15 0A8 8 0 1 1 0 8a8 8 0 0 1 16 0zM8.5 4.5a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0v5.793L5.354 8.146a.5.5 0 1 0-.708.708l3 3a.5.5 0 0 0 .708 0l3-3a.5.5 0 0 0-.708-.708L8.5 10.293V4.5z" /> </svg> }, { value: 3, text: 'Left Arrow', icon: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-arrow-left-circle" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M1 8a7 7 0 1 0 14 0A7 7 0 0 0 1 8zm15 0A8 8 0 1 1 0 8a8 8 0 0 1 16 0zm-4.5-.5a.5.5 0 0 1 0 1H5.707l2.147 2.146a.5.5 0 0 1-.708.708l-3-3a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708l3-3a.5.5 0 1 1 .708.708L5.707 7.5H11.5z" /> </svg> }, { value: 4, text: 'Right Arrow', icon: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-arrow-right-circle" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M1 8a7 7 0 1 0 14 0A7 7 0 0 0 1 8zm15 0A8 8 0 1 1 0 8a8 8 0 0 1 16 0zM4.5 7.5a.5.5 0 0 0 0 1h5.793l-2.147 2.146a.5.5 0 0 0 .708.708l3-3a.5.5 0 0 0 0-.708l-3-3a.5.5 0 1 0-.708.708L10.293 7.5H4.5z" /> </svg> } ]; const [selectedOption, setSelectedOption] = useState(null); // handle onChange event of the dropdown const handleChange = e => { setSelectedOption(e); } return ( <div className="App"> <b>Add an icon in dropdown - <a href="https://www.cluemediator.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clue Mediator</a></b><br /><br /> <Select placeholder="Select Option" value={selectedOption} options={data} onChange={handleChange} getOptionLabel={e => ( <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center' }}> {e.icon} <span style={{ marginLeft: 5 }}>{e.text}</span> </div> )} /> {selectedOption && <div style={{ marginTop: 20, lineHeight: '25px' }}> <b>Selected Option:</b> {selectedOption.value} </div>} </div> ); } export default App; |
Run the application and check the output in the browser.
I hope you find this article helpful.
Thank you for reading. Happy Coding..!! 🙂
