---
title: "Rich Select Cell Editor"
enterprise: true
framework: javascript
version: "36.1.0"
---

# Rich Select Cell Editor

An alternative to using the browser's `select` popup for dropdowns inside the grid. The Rich Select Cell Editor allows users to enter a cell value from a list of provided values by searching or filtering the list.

## Enabling Rich Select Cell Editor

Edit any cell in the grid below to see the Rich Select Cell Editor.

#### Rich Select Editor

```ts
import {
  ClientSideRowModelModule,
  ColDef,
  GridApi,
  GridOptions,
  IRichCellEditorParams,
  ModuleRegistry,
  TextEditorModule,
  createGrid,
  enableDevValidations,
} from "ag-grid-community";
import { RichSelectModule } from "ag-grid-enterprise";

// Enable extended validations only for development
if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
  enableDevValidations();
}

ModuleRegistry.registerModules([
  TextEditorModule,
  ClientSideRowModelModule,
  RichSelectModule,
]);

const languages = ["English", "Spanish", "French", "Portuguese", "(other)"];

function getRandomNumber(min: number, max: number) {
  // min and max included
  return Math.floor(window.agRandom() * (max - min + 1) + min);
}

const columnDefs: ColDef[] = [
  {
    headerName: "Rich Select Editor",
    field: "language",
    cellEditor: "agRichSelectCellEditor",
    cellEditorParams: {
      values: languages,
    } as IRichCellEditorParams,
  },
];

let gridApi: GridApi;

const gridOptions: GridOptions = {
  defaultColDef: {
    width: 200,
    editable: true,
  },
  columnDefs: columnDefs,
  rowData: new Array(100)
    .fill(null)
    .map(() => ({ language: languages[getRandomNumber(0, 4)] })),
};

const gridDiv = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("#myGrid")!;
gridApi = createGrid(gridDiv, gridOptions);
```

[Live example: Rich Select Editor](https://www.ag-grid.com/examples/provided-cell-editors-rich-select/rich-select-editor/typescript)

Enabled with `agRichSelectCellEditor` and configured with `IRichCellEditorParams`.

```js
columnDefs: [
    {
        cellEditor: 'agRichSelectCellEditor',
        cellEditorParams: {
            values: ['English', 'Spanish', 'French', 'Portuguese', '(other)'],
        }
        // ...other props
    }
]
```

Benefits over browser's `select` are as follows:

- Uses DOM row virtualisation so very large lists can be displayed.
- Integrates with the grid perfectly, avoiding glitches seen with the standard select.
- Uses HTML to render the values: you can provide cell renderers to customise what each value looks like.

## Customisation

The Rich Select Editor can be customised to give the desired results. See the [Customisation](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-customisation/) page for details:

- [Cell Renderer](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-customisation/#cell-renderer) - use a cell renderer within the editor
- [Format Values](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-customisation/#format-values) - format values within the list
- [Search Values](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-customisation/#search-values) - different types of search matching
- [Allow Typing](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-customisation/#allow-typing) - allow text input to match list items
- [Multi Selection](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-customisation/#multi-selection) - allow the selection of multiple values
- [Complex Objects](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-customisation/#complex-objects) - configure support for items that are complex objects

## Async Values

The Rich Select editor can be configured to load values asynchronously. For large datasets the editor supports paging async values as well as filtering values asynchronously on a server. See the [Async Values](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-async/) page for details:

- [Async Values](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-async/) - load all values asynchronously
- [Paged Async Values](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-async/#paged-async-values) - load pages as the user scrolls
- [Async Filtering](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-async/#async-filtering) - return filtered values asynchronously
- [Paged Async Filtering](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-async/#paged-async-filtering) - combine paged loading with filtering

## API

See all properties available on the [IRichCellEditorParams](https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-data-grid/provided-cell-editors-rich-select-customisation/#api) interface.