streamlit-free-text-select 0.0.5

A Streamlit component that allows you to select from a list of options or enter a custom value.

Streamlit free text select

This component implements a selectbox that allows free text input. It is based on React-Select's 'Select' component.

Installation

pip install streamlit-free-text-select

Usage

import streamlit as st

from streamlit_free_text_select import st_free_text_select

options = ["apple", "banana", "cherry", "date", "elderberry", "fig", "grape"]

value = st_free_text_select(
    label="Free text select",
    options=options,
    format_func=lambda x: x.lower(),
    placeholder="enter question",
    disabled=False,
    delay=300,
)
st.write("Free text select value:", value)

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Parameters

• label : str A short label explaining to the user what this input is for.
• options : list A list of predefined options to choose from.
• format_func : callable A callable function to format the options, defaults to None.
• placeholder : str A string to display when the input is empty, defaults to None.
• disabled : bool Whether the input is disabled, defaults to False.
• delay : int The time in milliseconds to wait before triggering the search, defaults to 300.
• key : str An optional string to use as the unique key for the widget, defaults to None.

Returns str or None The value of the free text select input.