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Native select

The browser's own select, styled.

In Brand expressive

See it live​

Start Storybook to see it live: npm run storybook

When to use it​

In Brand expressive: A plain closed list on a phone, such as a size. Not for a short list better shown at once.

  • Use it when: A plain closed list, especially on phones, where the system picker is best.
  • Not when: Options that need icons or rich content (select), or a short list better shown at once (radio group).

Instead:

  • Select: A custom menu with richer options.
  • Radio group: A short list shown at once.

Words​

  • Headlines are short and bold. Three to six words.
  • Verbs that move: Join, Try, Go.
  • Playful in headlines, plain in errors.
  • Use: Join, Drop, Go, Love. Avoid: Synergy, Leverage, Kindly.

The labels components use, from the voice tokens:

  • content.action.commit: Go
  • content.action.cancel: Not now
  • content.action.destroy: Remove
  • content.action.retry: Try again
  • content.action.empty-action: Explore the drop

See Voice and tone for the whole voice.

Use it in code​

npx open-ds add native-select

The component reads only component keys and semantic tokens, so it follows the brand and mode on <html>.

Tokens it reads​

Native select reads 21 tokens of its own, each an alias of a semantic token. Each row is one part: its own token, the semantic it aliases, and the value it ends at. Change a semantic and every component that reads it follows; override one of Native select's tokens to change Native select alone.

Changes with theme

Brand expressive decides what changes when you switch theme. Here a switch changes colors only, so the marked rows differ between light and dark; everything else holds steady.

PartIts token and the semantic it aliasesValue
Native select
Disabled opacitycomponent.native-select.disabled-opacityopacity.disabledvar(--native-select-disabled-opacity)opacity.40:0.4
Cornercomponent.native-select.radiusradius.controlvar(--native-select-radius)radius.999:9999px
Border
Changes with theme
component.native-select.bordercolor.border.strongvar(--native-select-border)Lighttaupe.light.500:#8A6F63Darktaupe.dark.400:#B5988A
Padding, left and rightcomponent.native-select.padding-xspace.inset.control-xvar(--native-select-padding-x)space.28:1.75rem
Padding, top and bottomcomponent.native-select.padding-ycomponent-spacing-map.x2var(--native-select-padding-y)space.8:0.5rem
Padding rightcomponent.native-select.padding-rightcomponent-spacing-map.x8var(--native-select-padding-right)space.64:4rem
Text sizecomponent.native-select.font-sizetype.body.font-sizevar(--native-select-font-size)font.size.17:1.0625rem
Shadow
Changes with theme
component.native-select.shadowelevation.cardvar(--native-select-shadow)Lightshadow.cardDarkshadow.card-dark
Fill
Changes with theme
component.native-select.backgroundcolor.action.primaryvar(--native-select-background)Lightpink.light.600:#D61F7ADarkpink.dark.600:#F59ACA
Text
Changes with theme
component.native-select.labelcolor.text.on-actionvar(--native-select-label)Lighttaupe.light.0:#FFFFFFDarktaupe.light.900:#1F1411
Label placeholder
Changes with theme
component.native-select.label-placeholdercolor.text.mutedvar(--native-select-label-placeholder)Lighttaupe.light.600:#6B544ADarktaupe.dark.400:#B5988A
Heightcomponent.native-select.heightsize.control.defaultvar(--native-select-height)size.52:3.25rem
Padding y 2component.native-select.padding-y-2component-spacing-map.x1var(--native-select-padding-y-2)space.4:0.25rem
Border focus
Changes with theme
component.native-select.border-focuscolor.border.focusvar(--native-select-border-focus)Lightpink.light.600:#D61F7ADarkpink.dark.600:#F59ACA
Focus
on focus
component.native-select.focusborder-width.focusvar(--native-select-focus)border-width.3:3px
Focus ring focus
Changes with theme
on focus
component.native-select.focus-ring-focuscolor.border.focusvar(--native-select-focus-ring-focus)Lightpink.light.600:#D61F7ADarkpink.dark.600:#F59ACA
Focus ring offset focus
Changes with theme
on focus
component.native-select.focus-ring-offset-focuscolor.surface.canvasvar(--native-select-focus-ring-offset-focus)Lighttaupe.light.50:#FFF8F3Darktaupe.dark.0:#120B09
Border invalid
Changes with theme
when invalid
component.native-select.border-invalidcolor.status.dangervar(--native-select-border-invalid)Lightred.light.600:#C42B2BDarkred.dark.600:#F28B8B
Focus ring invalid
Changes with theme
when invalid
component.native-select.focus-ring-invalidcolor.status.dangervar(--native-select-focus-ring-invalid)Lightred.light.600:#C42B2BDarkred.dark.600:#F28B8B
Icon sizecomponent.native-select.icon-sizesize.iconvar(--native-select-icon-size)size.20:1.25rem
Label 2
Changes with theme
component.native-select.label-2color.text.mutedvar(--native-select-label-2)Lighttaupe.light.600:#6B544ADarktaupe.dark.400:#B5988A
From the system
Edge
Changes with theme
color.border.default
straight from the system, through --border
Lighttaupe.light.200 · #F2DCCFDarktaupe.dark.100 · #33241F