I have a Bootstrap select dropdown, and I'm attempting to use Handlebars JS to output the desired options into my selection, but they aren't appearing. I've read some examples here so not sure what is stopping my code from correctly rendering, any pointers would be appreciated.
HTML:
<select class="custom-select" id="inputGroupSelect01" onChange="takeSelectedSourceValue(this);">
<option id="source-language" value="" selected disabled>Auto</option>
<div id="myForm"></div>
<script type="text/handlebar-template" id="selectPersonTemplate">
{{#each people}}
<option value="{{valueLang}}">{{htmlLang}}</option>
{{/each}}
</select>
</script>
<script src="https://twitter.github.io/typeahead.js/js/handlebars.js"></script>
JS:
$(function () {
// Define an array of people.
var people = [
{ valueLang: 'DE', htmlLang: 'DE' },
{ valueLang: 'FR', htmlLang: 'FR' },
{ valueLang: 'IT', htmlLang: 'IT' },
{ valueLang: 'ES', htmlLang: 'ES' },
{ valueLang: 'SV', htmlLang: 'SV' },
{ valueLang: 'DA', htmlLang: 'DA' }
];
// Get the text for the Handlebars template from the script element.
var templateText = $("#selectPersonTemplate").html();
// Compile the Handlebars template.
var selectPersonTemplate = Handlebars.compile(templateText);
// Evaluate the template with an array of people.
var html = selectPersonTemplate({ people: people });
// Take the HTML that was created with the Handlebars template and
// set the HTML in the myForm div element.
$("#myForm").html(html);
});
There are a few things wrong with your HTML.
First, your closing select tag, </select> is within your template script tag.
What is within your script tag is ignored by the HTML parser because you have defined the script as type="text/handlebar-template". Therefore, the parser does not see a closing select tag.
Second, <div> elements are not valid children of select, <select>, elements.
I am not sure if all browsers handle this invalid tag the same way, but I am trying it using Chrome and it seems that Chrome is completely ignoring the <div id="myForm"></div> when rendering. So there is no element to which to add the html produced by your template function. The html value should be appended to the <select>.
I would advise taking the template <script> tag out from within the <select>, just for clarity. This will make the HTML easier to read and clearly separate the <select> menu from the template.
<select class="custom-select" id="inputGroupSelect01" onChange="takeSelectedSourceValue(this);">
<option id="source-language" value="" selected disabled>Auto</option>
</select>
<script type="text/handlebar-template" id="selectPersonTemplate">
{{#each people}}
<option value="{{valueLang}}">{{htmlLang}}</option>
{{/each}}
</script>
Next, we want to be sure to append html to our #inputGroupSelect01 element.
// append the HTML to the #inputGroupSelect01 select element.
$("#inputGroupSelect01").append(html);
I have created a fiddle for your reference.