Select2 Control

Elementor Core Basic

Elementor select2 control displays a select box control based on Select2 (opens new window) library. It accepts an array in which the key is the value and the value is the option name. Set multiple to true to allow multiple value selection.

The control is defined in Control_Select2 class which extends Base_Data_Control class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::SELECT2 constant.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	string	select2	The type of the control.
label	string		The label that appears above of the field.
description	string		The description that appears below the field.
show_label	bool	true	Whether to display the label.
label_block	bool	false	Whether to display the label in a separate line.
separator	string	default	Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
options	array		An array of key => value pairs: [ 'key' => 'value', ... ]
multiple	bool	false	Whether to allow multiple value selection.
default	string|array		The selected option key, or an array of selected values if multiple is set to true.

Return Value

(string|array) The selected option key, or an array of selected keys if multiple is set to true.

Usage

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls() {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'content_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Content', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'list',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Show Elements', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::SELECT2,
				'label_block' => true,
				'multiple' => true,
				'options' => [
					'title'  => esc_html__( 'Title', 'textdomain' ),
					'description' => esc_html__( 'Description', 'textdomain' ),
					'button' => esc_html__( 'Button', 'textdomain' ),
				],
				'default' => [ 'title', 'description' ],
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render() {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
		if ( $settings['list'] ) {
			echo '<ul>';
			foreach ( $settings['list'] as $item ) {
				echo '<li>' . $item . '</li>';
			}
			echo '</ul>';
		}
	}

	protected function content_template() {
		?>
		<# if ( settings.list.length ) { #>
			<ul>
			<# _.each( settings.list, function( item ) { #>
				<li>{{{ item }}}</li>
			<# } ) #>
			</ul>
		<# } #>
		<?php
	}

}