"Other" option after an empty search

[chigley]

If a search returns no results, is there a way to make the dropdown default to an option labelled "Other" rather than the "No results match..." message?

This is for a country dropdown, but we don't want to list every single country. When the Other option is selected, an event will make a text field visible beneath the dropdown for the user to type their country (just to explain the context!)

Thanks

[jamescarr]

I'm currently looking through the issue backlog, but I'm interested in something like this. Basically we have a number of options users can select but they can add their own if it is not listed.

[greglockwood]

It is currently possible to do this in a hackish way:

1. Add an "Other" option to the list
2. Change the no results text to tell the user to pick "Other" if they want to enter a custom value
3. Handle the change event to detect if Other is in the array of selected options and show/hide the textbox as appropriate.

Perhaps the simplest solution is to provide a few more callbacks, including one for what to do if no match is found.

[slothbear]

Check out #166.

[pfiller]

I don't think an "other" option is something we'll build into Chosen, but something like #166 is certainly intriguing. That pull request solves #5.