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I’ve just released a new version of the selectList jQuery plugin — no exciting new features, though, this release only fixes a bug that generated a JavaScript error in IE6 when there were no options in the original select field (thanks to CJ for reporting this).

Here’s another minor update to one of my jQuery plugins — this time it’s selectList, version 0.1.1. The update is mostly a code cleanup, with one functional change — if a hint has been provided with the title attribute, it is always shown as the currently selected option in the dropdown list after each selection takes place (as requested by some).

I have developed a new jQuery plugin, called selectList. It’s purpose is to transform the standard multiple selection box used in web forms into a nicely looking list that you can add items to and remove items from. So, it turns this:

Into this:

Apart from the more attractive appearance, the list approach is also better in terms of user friendliness, as all the selected items are shown to the user all the time. With the traditional solution, the user often has to scroll the box to check if all the desired options have been highlighted.

The plugin is actually an extension of the idea that I demonstrated in an article on multiple select fields that I wrote some time ago. Back when I wrote it, I thought of developing this plugin, and, well, I finally had a spare afternoon to write it (and half of night to deal with browser incompatibilities). Be my guest and take a look at the project page and some examples — as usual, your feedback is more than welcome.