Selectable optgroup using select2

Question

I have used select2 to select multiple options from a drop down, but is it possible for select2 to select the full optgroup?? What I want is when user select the option grou

Answer 1

Well, I came across this issue and I found that every time the select2 (Select2 4.0.5) opens it adds a span element before the closing body element. In addition, inside the span element adds a ul with the id: select2-X-results, where X is the select2 id. So I found the following workaround (jsfiddle):

var countries = [{
  "id": 1,
  "text": "Greece",
  "children": [{
    "id": "Athens",
    "text": "Athens"
  }, {
    "id": "Thessalonica",
    "text": "Thessalonica"
  }]
}, {
  "id": 2,
  "text": "Italy",
  "children": [{
    "id": "Milan",
    "text": "Milan"
  }, {
    "id": "Rome",
    "text": "Rome"
  }]
}];

$('#selectcountry').select2({
  placeholder: "Please select cities",
  allowClear: true,
  width: '100%',
  data: countries
});

$('#selectcountry').on('select2:open', function(e) {

  $('#select2-selectcountry-results').on('click', function(event) {

    event.stopPropagation();
    var data = $(event.target).html();
    var selectedOptionGroup = data.toString().trim();

    var groupchildren = [];

    for (var i = 0; i < countries.length; i++) {


      if (selectedOptionGroup.toString() === countries[i].text.toString()) {

        for (var j = 0; j < countries[i].children.length; j++) {

          groupchildren.push(countries[i].children[j].id);

        }

      }


    }


    var options = [];

    options = $('#selectcountry').val();

    if (options === null || options === '') {

      options = [];

    }

    for (var i = 0; i < groupchildren.length; i++) {

      var count = 0;

      for (var j = 0; j < options.length; j++) {

        if (options[j].toString() === groupchildren[i].toString()) {

          count++;
          break;

        }

      }

      if (count === 0) {
        options.push(groupchildren[i].toString());
      }
    }

    $('#selectcountry').val(options);
    $('#selectcountry').trigger('change'); // Notify any JS components that the value changed
    $('#selectcountry').select2('close');    

  });
});

li.select2-results__option strong.select2-results__group:hover {
  background-color: #ffffd;
  cursor: pointer;
}

Selectable optgroup using select2