This video shows you how to make a search select box in HTML.

The select element in HTML, unfortunately, doesn't have the search functionality. But a select dropdown with search functionality is irreplaceable. That's why a lot of beginners are looking for a method for creating a searchable dropdown select box. Bootstrap users are searching for a searchable select box in bootstrap. On the other hand, developers who use JavaScript frameworks are trying to find a way to create a searchable dropdown in Angular, or searchable select in React JS. Also, there are some developers are trying to create a searchable select dropdown in jquery.

To make the video general and works with everyone, regardless of what framework you're using, I explained how to create a search select box search box in HTML, CSS, and js. So, the scripting part was performed by javascript to create a select element with search box in 2024.

On last thing I want to mention is that the searchable dropdown is much better than html datalist.