🌟 Strapi Plugin - Combobox

A custom field plugin for Strapi that provides a combobox component allowing users to type or select from a list of predefined options.

🎬 Preview

🚀 Features

• 🔍 Type to search through options
• ✨ Autocomplete functionality
• 🆕 Optional ability to create new options on the fly
• 🧩 Seamless integration with Strapi's design system
• ✅ Custom validation support
• 🌐 Internationalization ready

📦 Installation

# Using npm
npm install strapi-plugin-combobox

# Using yarn
yarn add strapi-plugin-combobox

⚙️ Configuration

🔧 Basic Settings

📝 Example options format:

Option A Label:option-a-value
Option B Label:option-b-value
Option C Label:option-c-value
Simple Option
Another Simple Option

🛠️ Advanced Settings

🧪 Example validation patterns:

• 🔢 Numbers only: /^\d*\.?\d+$/
• 📧 Email format: /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/
• 🔡 Alphanumeric: /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/

📚 Usage

1. 🧱 After installation, the plugin will be available as a custom field type in your Content-Types Builder.
2. ➕ Add a new field and select "Combobox" as the field type.
3. ⚙️ Configure the field options:
   • 📋 Add your default options (required)
   • 🆓 Enable createable options if you want users to add custom values
   • 🧩 Add custom validation regex if needed

🧾 Option Format

Options can be specified in two formats:

1. 📝 Label:Value format – Display a user-friendly label while storing a different value

   Display Name:internal-value
   Product A:product-a

2. 🔁 Simple format – Use the same value for both display and storage

   Apple
   Banana
   Orange

✅ Validation

The plugin includes built-in validation to ensure:

• 📌 At least one option is provided
• 🧷 Each option follows the correct format
• 🧪 Custom regex validation can be applied to the selected/created values

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! You can help by:

1. 🐛 Creating issues for bugs or feature requests
2. 📥 Submitting pull requests for improvements
3. 💬 Providing feedback and suggestions

📄 License

MIT License – © Jorge Pizzati