Don't hide dropdown after selection on a multiple select

[jnsandrew]

I couldn't see an option for this, and I didn't have much luck using the events / triggers either, but is it possible to not hide the dropdown after choosing an option. I currently have a multiple select with a lot of options, and it's painful to open the dropdown after a selection and scroll the whole way down again.

Similar to #21 - but for me holding CMD doesn't keep the dropdown open.

[qwelyt]

Care to post a jfiddle with an example and some info on your browser?
I'm unable to reproduce the behaviour. Ctrl+Click keeps the options open for me.

[ghost]

this was posted on stackexchange, and works like a charm:

var chosen = $('.yourChosenclass').chosen().data('chosen');
    var autoClose = false;
    var chosen_resultSelect_fn = chosen.result_select;
    chosen.search_contains = true;
    chosen.result_select = function(evt) 
    {
    var resultHighlight = null;
    if(autoClose === false)
    {
        evt['metaKey'] = true;
        evt['ctrlKey'] = true;
        resultHighlight = chosen.result_highlight;
    }
    var stext = chosen.get_search_text();
    var result = chosen_resultSelect_fn.call(chosen, evt);
    if(autoClose === false && resultHighlight !== null)
        resultHighlight.addClass('result-selected');

    this.search_field.val(stext);               
    this.winnow_results();
    this.search_field_scale();

    return result;
 };

[jnsandrew]

Thanks for the response - just an update, I'm stuck on other projects at the moment for another week probably so can't try this until I'm back in the office.

[periyasamy25]

I need the following for my dropdown.
1.Don't hide dropdown after selection on a multiple select
2.If i cilck the value it should be selected and if i click again it should be unselected and also don't want to hide dropdown.
3.hide dropdown when i click outside the dropdown
i don't need ctrl+click simply need click with multiple selection and deselection.
help me

[BarisW]

Thanks @ondefar. I used you code to fix my issue. Works great, thanks for sharing!

[tjschuck]

Thanks to everyone here for your workarounds. This issue is a duplicate of #1546, though, so I'm closing this one in favor of that one. Please leave any additional feedback you may have there.

Thanks again!

[chaitanya-nyros]

@ondefar Works like a charm 👍