Native select
The browser's own select, styled.
In Content first
See it live
Start Storybook to see it live:
npm run storybookWhen to use it
In Content first: A plain closed choice on a phone, such as sorting the reading list. Not for options that need icons.
- 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
- Write to one person: "you", not "users".
- Short sentences with room to breathe.
- Explain why before asking for anything.
- Use: Read, Save for later, You, Next issue. Avoid: Click here, Submit, Users, Content.
The labels components use, from the voice tokens:
content.action.commit: Savecontent.action.cancel: Not nowcontent.action.destroy: Removecontent.action.retry: Try againcontent.action.empty-action: Browse guides
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
Content first 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.
| Part | Its token and the semantic it aliases | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Native select | ||
| Disabled opacity | component.native-select.disabled-opacityopacity.disabledvar(--native-select-disabled-opacity) | opacity.40:0.4 |
| Corner | component.native-select.radiusradius.controlvar(--native-select-radius) | radius.8:0.5rem |
| Border Changes with theme | component.native-select.bordercolor.border.strongvar(--native-select-border) | Lightstone.light.500:#7A7062Darkstone.dark.400:#A39A8B |
| Padding, left and right | component.native-select.padding-xspace.inset.control-xvar(--native-select-padding-x) | space.20:1.25rem |
| Padding, top and bottom | component.native-select.padding-ycomponent-spacing-map.x2var(--native-select-padding-y) | space.8:0.5rem |
| Padding right | component.native-select.padding-rightcomponent-spacing-map.x8var(--native-select-padding-right) | space.48:3rem |
| Text size | component.native-select.font-sizetype.body.font-sizevar(--native-select-font-size) | font.size.18:1.125rem |
| Shadow | component.native-select.shadowelevation.cardvar(--native-select-shadow) | shadow.none |
| Fill Changes with theme | component.native-select.backgroundcolor.action.primaryvar(--native-select-background) | Lightnavy.light.600:#1E3A5FDarknavy.dark.600:#8FA6C4 |
| Text Changes with theme | component.native-select.labelcolor.text.on-actionvar(--native-select-label) | Lightstone.light.0:#FFFFFFDarkstone.light.900:#1F1B16 |
| Label placeholder Changes with theme | component.native-select.label-placeholdercolor.text.mutedvar(--native-select-label-placeholder) | Lightstone.light.600:#61594DDarkstone.dark.400:#A39A8B |
| Height | component.native-select.heightsize.control.defaultvar(--native-select-height) | size.48:3rem |
| Padding y 2 | component.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) | Lightnavy.light.600:#1E3A5FDarknavy.dark.600:#8FA6C4 |
| Focus on focus | component.native-select.focusborder-width.focusvar(--native-select-focus) | border-width.2:2px |
| Focus ring focus Changes with theme on focus | component.native-select.focus-ring-focuscolor.border.focusvar(--native-select-focus-ring-focus) | Lightnavy.light.600:#1E3A5FDarknavy.dark.600:#8FA6C4 |
| Focus ring offset focus Changes with theme on focus | component.native-select.focus-ring-offset-focuscolor.surface.canvasvar(--native-select-focus-ring-offset-focus) | Lightstone.light.50:#FFFDF8Darkstone.dark.0:#14110D |
| 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 size | component.native-select.icon-sizesize.iconvar(--native-select-icon-size) | size.16:1rem |
| Label 2 Changes with theme | component.native-select.label-2color.text.mutedvar(--native-select-label-2) | Lightstone.light.600:#61594DDarkstone.dark.400:#A39A8B |
| From the system | ||
| Edge Changes with theme | color.border.default straight from the system, through --border | Lightstone.light.200 · #E4DDD0Darkstone.dark.100 · #2E2A24 |