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React Multiple Select Dropdown Lite

A lightweight multi / single select dropdown for React. Searchable, creatable, groupable, keyboard and screen reader friendly, themeable with CSS variables.

Toggle props on the left; the JSX updates to match. renderList renders through the lists of virtual lists, animated adds the CSS of the animations example.

Behavior
Variants
Text

value: []

<MultiSelect
  options={fruits}
  onChange={setValue}
/>

Lightweight

About 7 kB gzipped. No dependencies besides React 18 or 19.

Search and create

Filter as you type, or let users add their own values with customValue.

Groups

Nested and collapsible option groups, and cascading submenus.

Accessible

ARIA combobox and listbox, full keyboard support, SSR-safe ids.

Themeable

CSS variables for sizes and colors, plain class names for everything else.

TypeScript

Types ship with the package; onChange gets the values and their options.