maximize-select2-height.js

// maximize-select2-height v1.0.2
// (c) Panorama Education 2015
// MIT License

// This jQuery/Select2 plugin expands a Select2 dropdown to take up as much
// height as possible given its position on the page and the current viewport
// size. The plugin correctly handles:
//   - Dynamic window resizing.
//   - The effects of scroll bars on the viewport.
//   - Select2 rendering dropdowns both upwards and downwards.

// NOTE: The original <select> element that is $().select2()'d *must* have a
// unique ID for this code to work. (Ex: <select id="my-unique-id"></select>)

(function ($) {
  "use strict";

  // We can find these elements now, since the properties we check on them are
  // all via methods that are recalculated each time.
  var $window = $(window);
  var $document = $(document);

  // @param {Object} options The options object passed in when this plugin is
  //   initialized
  // @param {Boolean} dropdownDownwards True iff the dropdown is rendered
  //   downwards (Select2 sometimes renders the options upwards to better fit on
  //   a page)
  // @return {Object} The options passed in, combined with defaults. Keys are:
  //   - cushion: The number of pixels between the edge of the dropdown and the
  //              edge of the viewable window. [Default: 10, except when a
  //              horizontal scroll bar would interfere, in which case it's 30.]
  //              NOTE: If a value is passed in, no adjustments for possible
  //              scroll bars are made.
  var settings = function (options, dropdownDownwards) {
    return $.extend({
      cushion: (
        dropdownDownwards && $document.width() > $window.width()
      ) ? 30 : 10
    }, options);
  };

  // @param {String} id The DOM element ID for the original <select> node
  // @param {jQuery object} $select2Results The DOM element with class
  //   "select2-results"
  // @param {jQuery object} $grandparent The grandparent object of the
  //   $select2Results object
  // @param {Object} options The options object passed in when this plugin is
  //   initialized
  // @param {Boolean} dropdownDownwards True iff the dropdown is rendered
  //   downwards (Select2 sometimes renders the options upwards to better fit on
  //   a page)
  // @return {Number} the maximum height of the Select2 results box to display
  var computeMaxHeight = function (
    id, $select2Results, $grandparent, options, dropdownDownwards
  ) {
    var height;
    var resultsBoxMiscellaniaHeight;
    var widgetBoxOffset;

    if (dropdownDownwards) {
      // When the dropdown appears downwards, the formula is:
      //   visible window size
      // + out-of-window pixels we've scrolled past
      // - size of content (including offscreen content) above results box
      // ------------------------------------------
      //   total height available to us

      // innerHeight is more accurate across browsers than $(window).height().
      height = window.innerHeight +
               $window.scrollTop() -
               $select2Results.offset().top;
    } else {
      // When the dropdown appears upwards, the formula is:
      //   vertical position of the widget (clickable) dropdown box
      // - out-of-window pixels we've scrolled past
      // - height of the search box and other content above the actual results
      //   but in the results box
      // ------------------------------------------
      //   total height available to us

      // Compute the global vertical offset of the widget box (the one with the
      // downward arrow that the user clicks on to expose options).
      widgetBoxOffset = $("#select2-" + id + "-container").
                        parent().parent().parent().offset().top;

      // Compute the height, if any, of search box and other content in the
      // results box but not part of the results.
      resultsBoxMiscellaniaHeight = $grandparent.height() -
                                    $select2Results.height();
      height = widgetBoxOffset -
               $window.scrollTop() -
               resultsBoxMiscellaniaHeight;
    }

    // Leave a little cushion to prevent the dropdown from
    // rendering off the edge of the viewport.
    return height - settings(options, dropdownDownwards).cushion;
  };

  // Call on a jQuery Select2 element to maximize the height of the dropdown
  // every time it is opened.
  // @param {Object} options The options object passed in when this plugin is
  //   initialized
  $.fn.maximizeSelect2Height = function (options) {
    return this.each(function (_, el) {
      // Each time the Select2 is opened, resize it to take up as much vertical
      // space as possible given its position and the current viewport size.
      $(el).on("select2:open", function () {
        // We have to put this code block inside a timeout because we determine
        // whether the dropdown is rendered upwards or downwards via a hack that
        // looks at the CSS classes, and these aren't set until Select2 has a
        // chance to render the box, which occurs after this event fires.

        // The alternative solution that avoids using a timeout would be to
        // directly modify the document's stylesheets (instead of the styles for
        // individual elements), but that is both ugly/dangerous and actually
        // impossible for us because we need to modify the styles of a parent
        // node of a given DOM node when the parent has no unique ID, which CSS
        // doesn't have the ability to do.
        setTimeout(function () {
          var $select2Results = $("#select2-" + el.id + "-results");
          var $parent = $select2Results.parent();
          var $grandparent = $parent.parent();
          var dropdownDownwards = $grandparent
                                  .hasClass("select2-dropdown--below");

          var maxHeight = computeMaxHeight(
            el.id,
            $select2Results,
            $grandparent,
            options,
            dropdownDownwards
          );

          // Set the max height of the relevant DOM elements. We use max-height
          // instead of height directly to correctly handle cases in which there
          // are only a few elements (we don't want a giant empty dropdown box).
          $parent.css("max-height", maxHeight);
          $select2Results.css("max-height", maxHeight);

          // Select2 corrects the positioning of the results box on scroll, so
          // we trigger that event here to let it auto-correct. This is done for
          // the case where the dropdown appears upwards; we adjust its max
          // height but we also want to move it up further, lest it cover up the
          // initial dropdown box.
          $(document).trigger("scroll");
        });
      });
    });
  };
})(jQuery);