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In order to use Select2, you must include the JavaScript and CSS file on your website. You can get these files built for you from many different locations.
Using Select2 from a CDN
Select2 is hosted on both the cdnjs and jsDelivr CDNs, allowing you to quickly include Select2 on your website.
Include the assets
Include the following lines of code in the <head> section of your HTML.
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.3/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.3/js/select2.min.js"></script>
Immediately following a new release, it takes some time for CDNs to catch up and get the new versions live on the CDN.
Initialize Select2
Initialize Select2 on the <select> element that you want to make awesome.
<script type="text/javascript">
$('select').select2();
</script>
Downloading the code locally
In some situations, you can't use Select2 from a CDN and you must include the files through your own static file servers.
Download the code
Download the code
from GitHub and copy the dist directory to your project.
Include the assets
Include the following lines of code in the <head> section of your HTML.
<link href="path/to/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="path/to/select2.min.js"></script>