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dnadesign/silverstripe-advanceddropdowns
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DropdownField and GroupedDropdownField that allows the use of data-attributes on each option tag

2.0.3(8y ago)1717.4k3[1 issues](https://github.com/dnadesign/silverstripe-advanceddropdowns/issues)BSD-3-ClausePHP

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AdvancedDropdowns
=================

[](#advanceddropdowns)

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

DropdownField and GroupedDropdownField that allows the use of data-attributes on each option tag. Very useful for third party dropdown styling such as () which rely on data-attributes on options.

Please note this module is a work in progress and has no tests.

AdvandedDropdownField
---------------------

[](#advandeddropdownfield)

Set up your AdvandedDropdownField's as follows:

```
new AdvancedDropdownField('AdvancedDropdown', 'DropdownField with option attributes', array(
	'value1' => array(
		'Title' => 'Option 1',
		'Attributes' => array(
			'data-myattribute' => 'This is an attribute value'
		)
	),
	'value2' => array(
		'Title' => 'Option 2',
		'Attributes' => array(
			'data-myattribute' => 'This is an attribute value'
			'data-myattribute2' => 'This is a second attribute value'
		)
	)
));
```

AdvandedGroupedDropdownField
----------------------------

[](#advandedgroupeddropdownfield)

Set up your AdvandedGroupedDropdownField's as follows:

```
new AdvancedGroupedDropdownField('AdvancedGroupedDropdown', 'Advanced grouped dropdown', array(
	'value1' => array(
		'Title' => 'Ungrouped option',
		'Attributes' => array(
			'data-myattribute' => 'This is an attribute value'
		)
	),
	'Option group 1' => array(
		'value2' => array(
			'Title' => 'Option 2',
			'Attributes' => array(
				'data-myattribute' => 'This is an attribute value'
			)
		),
		'value3' => array(
			'Title' => 'Option 3',
			'Attributes' => array(
				'data-myattribute' => 'This is an attribute value'
			)
		)
	),
	'Option group 2' => array(
		'value4' => array(
			'Title' => 'Option 4',
			'Attributes' => array(
				'data-myattribute' => 'This is an attribute value'
			)
		),
		'value5' => array(
			'Title' => 'Option 5',
			'Attributes' => array(
				'data-myattribute' => 'This is an attribute value'
				'data-myattribute2' => 'This is a second attribute value'
			)
		)
	)
));
```

Maintainer Contact
------------------

[](#maintainer-contact)

```
* James ayers (james.ayers@dna.co.nz)

```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- SilverStripe 3.x

License
-------

[](#license)

BSD-3-Clause. See LICENSE.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~88 days

Recently: every ~110 days

Total

6

Last Release

2991d ago

Major Versions

1.0 → 2.0.12017-02-07

2.0.1 → 3.0.x-dev2017-02-07

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/efd88fa106982bcf2e3cd689e6a37d352c54308d14dedeac4ac477a47a432363?d=identicon)[DNADesign](/maintainers/DNADesign)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1740262?v=4)[James Ayers](/maintainers/Leapfrognz)[@Leapfrognz](https://github.com/Leapfrognz)

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Tags

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