Table of Contents

Usage & Behavior

General guidelines

Structure

The drop-down consists of:

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Options - must include a text label, but can additionally have an icon. Keep the labels short, because the list uses single lines only.
In case selecting an option is not mandatory, a No selection item should appear at the top of the options list. This will allow users to avoid selection or deselect a previously selected option.
Selection indicator - a blue check mark should be shown to the left of the selected option.
Action icons (optional) - these add extra actions for each list option, and appear on hover. A tooltip describing the action should be displayed on hoveruser interaction.
Status icons (optional) - these add extra information for each list option and always appear.
Dividers or group headers may also be used to organise the options list.

Text labels only
Including a No selection option
With icons
With additional actions and group divider
With group headers	Image Added

Default State

The drop-down trigger area consists of a text box showing the default option, if one exists. For example:

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State	Visual
Regular
Hover
Active
Selected
Disabled
Read-Only	Image Added
Error
Warning	Image RemovedImage Added
Focused
Focused, Hover
Focused, Active
Focused, Disabled

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Interaction	Visual	Details
Hovering anywhere on the trigger area		Switches to hover state.
Clicking anywhere on the trigger area		Opens or closes the options list. Hovered options should be highlighted with a light blue background color. The user may use the Up and Down keys to navigate between options and Enter to select.
Selecting an option		The options list closes. The selected option is displayed in the field.
Viewing options list with an existing selection		Shows the selected option with a blue check mark on the left side of the option.
Selecting a No selection option		The option list closes. Select is displayed in the field.	Clicking anywhere outside the drop-down	Image Removed	Closes the options list. No Selection will be set as default unless instructed otherwise
Clicking anywhere outside the drop-down	Image Added	Closes the options list.
Focusing or hovering on a list option when its row contains action and status icons	Image Added	Actions are revealed. Aria label will announce the action and status icons on the left and on the right (for screen reader purposes).
Focusing or hovering over an action or status icon	Image Added	Shows a tooltip describing the action or status.

Searchable drop-down

A Search field should be added:

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Interaction	Visual	Details
Click the trigger area		Clicking or tapping anywhere on the trigger area opens or closes the options list. The search field is focused and the user may start typing.
Enter Search		As characters are entered, the list is filtered to show matching results only. The filter can match anywhere within the value string (at the beginning, middle, or end). The part of the option label which matches the search string should be shown in bold. The user may use the Up and Down keys to navigate between options and Enter to select.
Select an option		The option label is added to the trigger area. The options list remains open, so the user can select another item. The selected options are checked.
Delete search string		A search string can be cleared using the X button, or manually by using the delete key. The full options list is presented. The search field is in focus.

Validations and errors

Please refer to the Field Validation page for more information.

A drop-down with a warning:

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Use when:
- The options list is small-medium in size.
- Space is constrained.
Use the searchable type when:
- there are more than 15 options.
- when users are expected to know what they are looking for, and are likely to be aware of how the option is labelled.
Don’t use when:
- The list has fewer than 3 options.
- The list has fewer than 7 options and the user needs to see them all at once → use /wiki/spaces/UX/pages/299860272 or Checkboxes instead.
- The user needs to enter a value which is not in the list → use a /wiki/spaces/UX/pages/299860272 instead.
- The list is large → use Dual List Selector or List instead.
General:
- Only show a scrollbar when the list has over 8 items.
- Keep the text values as short as possible, because the list uses single lines only.
- There is no horizontal scrolling in the option list.
- The options list should adapt its length to the longest entry by default, but values which are too long may be truncated, with a tooltip displaying the full text (not recommended).
- Place options that represent All or None at the beginning of the list, regardless of the sort order of the remaining items.
- Do not allow the control to auto-adjust based on the selection.
- If there’s no preceding label, or if the label is not indicative enough, the {NameOfEntity} should be added within the drop-down, after the number of selections. For example, 2 categories selected:
  Image Modified

Accessibility Compliance

Unless otherwise specified, see our general compliance information in Fundamentals - Accessibility.

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Keyboard	Trigger area	Options list

Tab	Navigates to the next component.	Regular (single-select) - N/A Multi-select - N/A In case of a search bar - moves focus from search bar to the first list item.
Shift + Tab	Navigates to the previous component.	Regular (single-select) - N/A Multi-select - N/A In case of a search bar - moves focus from list item to the search bar.
Space	Opens the menu.	Regular (single-select) - Selects the focused item and closes the menu. Multi-select - Selects the focused item. Menu stays open. In case of a search bar - Acts as text input.
Enter	Opens the menu.	Regular (single-select) - Selects the focused item and closes the menu. Multi-select - Selects the focused item. Menu stays open. In case of a search bar - Acts as text input.
Esc	N/A	Closes the menu without updating the selection.
Arrows	Up/Down - Opens the menu.	Up - Navigates to the previous actionitem. Stops at the first item in the list. Down - Navigates to the next actionitem. Stops at the last item in the list. Left and right - In case there are status icons/actions in the option row - will navigate to the icon/action (movement will not be circular). In case of a search bar - The right and left arrows act as arrows within a Text Field. Holding down the key will scroll continuously.
Page Up/Home	N/A	Navigates to the first item.
Page Down/End	N/A	Navigates to the last item.

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Zeplin Link	Screen Thumbnail
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Code

Html macro

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