dropdown.dot.js

A super-flexible and clean JQuery Dropdown Plugin based on dot.js Templates.

Markup

<select data-template="#dropdown">
    <option value="1" selected="selected">Super</option>
    <option value="2">Awesome</option>
    <option value="3">Dropdown</option>
</select>

dot.js Templates

<script id="dropdown-selected" type="text/x-dot-template">
{{=it.label}}<div class="arrow"><i></i></div>
</script>
<script id="dropdown" type="text/x-dot-template">
<div class="dropdown" tabindex="1">
    <div class="selected">{{=it.selected.label}}</div>
    <ul>
        {{~it.items :item:index}}
        <li data-index="{{=index}}">{{=item.label}}</li>
        {{~}}
    </ul>
</div>
</script>

Basic Usage

$('select').dropdown();

Add additional data to your markup

For example you want to add a count for every item to show in the select menu next to the label.

<select data-template="#dropdown">
    <option value="1" data-count="2" selected="selected">Super</option>
    <option value="2" data-count="5">Awesome</option>
    <option value="3" data-count="1">Dropdown</option>
</select>

... and use it in your template with

{{=item.count}}

Credits

Coded by Roger Dudler http://twitter.com/rogerdudler