Select2 Appear Like Text Input Example

Using the select2 plugin to only display as a text input rather than a dropdown.

by Daniel Echeverria

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/select2/3.4.8/select2.css">
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/select2/3.4.8/select2.js"></script>
<h3>Select2 Appear Like Text Input Example</h3>
<input type="text" id="placeSelect"/>

JavaScript

$('#placeSelect').select2({
    width: '100%',
    allowClear: true,
    multiple: true,
    maximumSelectionSize: 1,
    placeholder: "Click here and start typing to search.",
    data: [
            { id: 1, text: "Ford"     },
            { id: 2, text: "Dodge"    },
            { id: 3, text: "Mercedes" },
            { id: 4, text: "Jaguar"   }
          ]    
});