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janisto/yii-chosen
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Yii Widget for Chosen - Chosen is a JavaScript plugin that makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly.

1.6.1(11y ago)4605public domainJavaScriptPHP >=5.1.0

Since Apr 16Pushed 11y ago3 watchersCompare

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yii-chosen
==========

[](#yii-chosen)

Yii Widget for Chosen - Chosen is a JavaScript plugin that makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly.

- [Documentation](http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen/)

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

[](#requirements)

- Yii 1.1 or above (Chosen requires jQuery 1.4)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

1. Download yii-chosen or Clone the files
2. Extract into the widgets or extensions folder

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Common usage inside a view

[](#common-usage-inside-a-view)

```
$this->widget('ext.chosen.EChosenWidget');

```

### Using with a jQuery selector

[](#using-with-a-jquery-selector)

```
$this->widget('ext.chosen.EChosenWidget',array(
	// the select selector
	'selector'=>'.chosen',
	// Chosen options
	'options'=>array(),
));

```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

### v1.6.1

[](#v161)

- Chosen updated to version 1.2.0.

### v1.6.0

[](#v160)

- Chosen updated to version 1.1.0.

### v1.5.0

[](#v150)

- Chosen updated to version 1.0.0.
- Default selector for jQuery change to ".chosen-select".

### v1.4.0

[](#v140)

- Chosen updated to version 0.9.13.

### v1.3.0

[](#v130)

- Chosen updated to version 0.9.12.
- Composer support.

### v1.2.0

[](#v120)

- Use CWidget instead of CInputWidget.

### v1.1.0

[](#v110)

- Chosen updated to version 0.9.10.

### v1.0.0

[](#v100)

- Initial version.

License
-------

[](#license)

yii-chosen is free and unencumbered [public domain](http://unlicense.org/) software.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~135 days

Total

5

Last Release

4233d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d07415b7ffb6fd46509d1a3eb7873068b7fe5eca5da0cc2f0f6b4c3e66932ab3?d=identicon)[janisto](/maintainers/janisto)

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Top Contributors

[![janisto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/387868?v=4)](https://github.com/janisto "janisto (22 commits)")

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