Select Control

Elementor Core Basic

Elementor select control displays a simple select box field. It accepts an array in which the key is the option value and the value is the option name.

The control is defined in Control_Select class which extends Base_Data_Control class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::SELECT constant.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	string	select	The type of the control.
label	string		The label that appears above of the field.
description	string		The description that appears below the field.
show_label	bool	true	Whether to display the label.
label_block	bool	false	Whether to display the label in a separate line.
separator	string	default	Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
options	array		An array of key => value pairs: [ 'key' => 'value', ... ]
groups	array		An array of grouped options.
default	string		The field default value.

Return Value

(string) The selected option value.

Usage

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'style_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Style', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_STYLE,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'border_style',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Border Style', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::SELECT,
				'default' => 'solid',
				'options' => [
					'' => esc_html__( 'Default', 'textdomain' ),
					'none' => esc_html__( 'None', 'textdomain' ),
					'solid'  => esc_html__( 'Solid', 'textdomain' ),
					'dashed' => esc_html__( 'Dashed', 'textdomain' ),
					'dotted' => esc_html__( 'Dotted', 'textdomain' ),
					'double' => esc_html__( 'Double', 'textdomain' ),
				],
				'selectors' => [
					'{{WRAPPER}} .your-class' => 'border-style: {{VALUE}};',
				],
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'custom_animation',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Animation', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => Controls_Manager::SELECT,
				'groups' => [
					[
						'label' => esc_html__( 'None', 'textdomain' ),
						'options' => [
							'' => esc_html__( 'None', 'textdomain' ),
						],
					],
					[
						'label' => esc_html__( 'Slide', 'textdomain' ),
						'options' => [
							'slide-from-right' => esc_html__( 'Slide In Right', 'textdomain' ),
							'slide-from-left' => esc_html__( 'Slide In Left', 'textdomain' ),
							'slide-from-top' => esc_html__( 'Slide In Up', 'textdomain' ),
							'slide-from-bottom' => esc_html__( 'Slide In Down', 'textdomain' ),
						],
					],
					[
						'label' => esc_html__( 'Zoom', 'textdomain' ),
						'options' => [
							'grow' => esc_html__( 'Grow', 'textdomain' ),
							'shrink' => esc_html__( 'Shrink', 'textdomain' ),
							'zoom-in' => esc_html__( 'Zoom In', 'textdomain' ),
							'zoom-out' => esc_html__( 'Zoom Out', 'textdomain' ),
						],
					],
				],
				'prefix_class' => 'custom-animation-',
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
		?>
		<div class="your-class">
			...
		</div>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template(): void {
		?>
		<div class="your-class">
			...
		</div>
		<?php
	}

}