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VirtualSelect

Forms

A combobox backed by @tanstack/react-virtual that renders only the visible window of options.

import { VirtualSelect } from "@elabs-ai/components-ui";
Install
npm install @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui

Skipping the @source line is the most common first failure: Tailwind does not scan node_modules, so every component renders unstyled. The one-time wiring

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Add the brand-ui VirtualSelect component (from @elabs-ai/components-ui) to this project.

1. Read https://elabs-ai.com/llms.txt first: it maps every package and the rules. If you can use MCP servers, connect https://elabs-ai.com/mcp and use its search, docs and tokens tools. If not, run the same lookups in the terminal: `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli search "<what you need>"` and `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli docs <Component>`.
2. Look VirtualSelect up before writing code: `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli docs VirtualSelect` prints its real props, variants, what it pairs with and what to avoid.
3. If @elabs-ai/components-ui is not installed yet: `pnpm add @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui` (or `npm install @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui`). If this is the first brand-ui package in the project, wire it once: import `@elabs-ai/components-tokens/styles.css` plus the `themes/light.css` and `themes/dark.css` stylesheets in the CSS entry, add one Tailwind `@source` line per installed @elabs-ai package (Tailwind does not scan node_modules, so without it everything renders unstyled), and wrap the app root in `ThemeProvider` from `@elabs-ai/components-tokens`.
4. Use it here: [the screen or file, and what it should show]
5. Rules: use only @elabs-ai/components-* components and the semantic tokens — no raw colours, no raw font sizes, no arbitrary Tailwind values. Look up each component's real props with the docs tool before you use it; never guess a prop.
6. Done means: the typecheck passes, `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli audit src --strict` reports nothing, and you have opened the app and looked at every screen you touched in the light and the dark theme.

Examples

6 live examples

Large Dataset

10,000 generated options — the performance acceptance story. Acceptance criterion: the list opens instantly, scrolling is smooth (no jank), and the trigger + search filter still respond in < 16 ms. (Smooth scroll is not measurable in jsdom; verify visually in the browser.)

Multiple

Multiple selection — controlled with chips and overflow badge.

Preselected

Single-select with a pre-selected value via `defaultValue`.

Disabled Options

Two options are disabled; they can be seen but not selected or focused.

Empty

Filtering to an empty result — the empty state renders `emptyText`. Type something like "zzz" in the search box to trigger it.

API

VirtualSelect

PropTypeDescription
optionsrequiredVirtualSelectOption[]The full option list. Only visible items are rendered in the DOM.
multiplebooleanAllow selecting multiple values. Default `false`.
valuestring | string[]Controlled value — `string` in single mode, `string[]` in multiple mode.
defaultValuestring | string[]Uncontrolled initial value.
onValueChange(value: string | string[]) => voidCalled when the selection changes. Emits `string` (single) or `string[]` (multiple).
placeholderstringTrigger placeholder when nothing is selected. Default "Select…"
searchPlaceholderstringSearch-input placeholder. Default "Search…"
emptyTextstringEmpty-state message when no options match the query. Default "No results."
estimateOptionHeightnumberEstimated row height used by the virtualizer (px). Increase for taller rows (e.g. with descriptions). Default 32.
maxListHeightstringCSS max-height for the scrollable listbox. Default "18rem".
classNamestring

Also accepts: Omit< ButtonHTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonElement>, "value" | "onChange" | "defaultValue" >