Native Select

Native Select lets users choose one value from a short fixed list while preserving familiar operating-system interaction and accessibility.

Fruit

Choose one fruit for the current order.

InstallTerminal

npm install @a3s-lab/ui

<div class="field">
  <label for="native-select-fruit-html">Fruit</label>
  <select id="native-select-fruit-html" class="native-select" aria-describedby="native-select-fruit-help-html">
    <option value="">Select a fruit</option>
    <option value="apple">Apple</option>
    <option value="banana">Banana</option>
    <option value="blueberry">Blueberry</option>
    <option value="pineapple">Pineapple</option>
  </select>
  <p id="native-select-fruit-help-html">Choose one fruit for the current order.</p>
</div>

import "@a3s-lab/ui/a3s.css";
import "@a3s-lab/ui/all";

Usage

Include CSS

Import Tailwind and one full A3S UI style bundle.

@import "tailwindcss";
@import "@a3s-lab/ui/a3s.css";

Or import only the base CSS, Native Select component CSS, and one style pack.

@import "tailwindcss";
@import "@a3s-lab/ui/base.css";
@import "@a3s-lab/ui/components/native-select.css";
@import "@a3s-lab/ui/styles/a3s.css";

Using CDN or bundler imports? See the Installation page.

Add your native select HTML

Add the canonical class="native-select" to a native <select>. Use standard <option> and <optgroup> elements. The former select class remains a visual migration alias, but new markup and framework adapters use native-select so it cannot be confused with the custom Select root.

<div class="field">
  <label for="native-select-fruit-html">Fruit</label>
  <select id="native-select-fruit-html" class="native-select" aria-describedby="native-select-fruit-help-html">
    <option value="">Select a fruit</option>
    <option value="apple">Apple</option>
    <option value="banana">Banana</option>
    <option value="blueberry">Blueberry</option>
    <option value="pineapple">Pineapple</option>
  </select>
  <p id="native-select-fruit-help-html">Choose one fruit for the current order.</p>
</div>

Use Native Select for native browser behavior, form integration, and mobile-optimized pickers. Use Select for custom option content, multi-select behavior, or JavaScript APIs.

Examples

Groups

Food

<div class="field w-full">
  <label for="native-select-food-en">Food</label>
  <select id="native-select-food-en" class="native-select w-full">
    <option value="">Select food</option>
    <optgroup label="Fruits">
      <option value="apple">Apple</option>
      <option value="banana">Banana</option>
      <option value="blueberry">Blueberry</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="Vegetables">
      <option value="carrot">Carrot</option>
      <option value="potato">Potato</option>
      <option value="tomato">Tomato</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="Unavailable" disabled>
      <option value="mango">Mango — out of season</option>
    </optgroup>
  </select>
</div>

Disabled

Fruit

This choice is managed by workspace policy.

<div class="field w-full" data-disabled="true">
  <label for="native-select-disabled-en">Fruit</label>
  <select id="native-select-disabled-en" class="native-select w-full" value="apple" aria-describedby="native-select-disabled-reason-en" disabled>
    <option value="">Select a fruit</option>
    <option value="apple">Apple</option>
    <option value="banana">Banana</option>
  </select>
  <p id="native-select-disabled-reason-en">This choice is managed by workspace policy.</p>
</div>

Invalid

Fruit

Choose a fruit before continuing.

<div class="field" data-invalid="true">
  <label for="native-select-invalid-en">Fruit</label>
  <select id="native-select-invalid-en" class="native-select w-full" required aria-invalid="true" aria-describedby="native-select-invalid-error-en">
    <option value="">Select a fruit</option>
    <option value="apple">Apple</option>
    <option value="banana">Banana</option>
  </select>
  <p id="native-select-invalid-error-en" role="alert">Choose a fruit before continuing.</p>
</div>

required keeps the browser validity result and the authored aria-invalid state truthful to the same empty value.

Size

Default

Small

<div class="grid w-full gap-4 sm:grid-cols-2">
  <div class="field">
    <label for="native-select-size-default-en">Default</label>
    <select id="native-select-size-default-en" class="native-select w-full">
      <option value="apple">Apple</option>
      <option value="banana">Banana</option>
    </select>
  </div>
  <div class="field">
    <label for="native-select-size-small-en">Small</label>
    <select id="native-select-size-small-en" class="native-select w-full" data-size="sm">
      <option value="apple">Apple</option>
      <option value="banana">Banana</option>
    </select>
  </div>
</div>

RTL

Set dir="rtl" on the select or a parent element.

الفاكهة

<div class="field w-full" dir="rtl">
  <label for="native-select-fruit-rtl-en">الفاكهة</label>
  <select id="native-select-fruit-rtl-en" class="native-select w-full">
    <option value="">اختر فاكهة</option>
    <option value="apple">تفاح</option>
    <option value="banana">موز</option>
    <option value="blueberry">توت</option>
  </select>
</div>

#Native Select

#Usage

Include CSS

Add your native select HTML

#Examples

#Groups

#Disabled

#Invalid

#Size

#RTL

Native Select

Usage

Examples

Groups

Disabled

Invalid

Size

RTL