Chips can be used to represent small blocks of information. They are most commonly used either for contacts or for tags.

Contacts

To create a contact chip just add an img inside.

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  <div class="chip">
    <img src="images/yuna.jpg" alt="Contact Person">
    Jane Doe
  </div>
          
        

Tags

To create a tag chip just add a close icon inside with the class close.

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  <div class="chip">
    Tag
    <i class="close material-icons">close</i>
  </div>
          
        

Javascript Plugin

To add tags, just enter your tag text and press enter. You can delete them by clicking on the close icon or by using your delete button.

Set initial tags.

Use placeholders and override hint texts.

Use autocomplete with chips.

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  <!-- Default with no input (automatically generated)  -->
  <div class="chips"></div>
  <div class="chips chips-initial"></div>
  <div class="chips chips-placeholder"></div>
  <div class="chips chips-autocomplete"></div>

  <!-- Customizable input  -->
  <div class="chips">
    <input class="custom-class">
  </div>
          
        

Initialization

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  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
    var elems = document.querySelectorAll('.chips');
    var instances = M.Chips.init(elems, {
      // specify options here
    });
  });

  // Or with jQuery
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $('.chips').chips({
      // specify options here
    });
    $('.chips-initial').chips({
      data: [{
        tag: 'Apple',
      }, {
        tag: 'Microsoft',
      }, {
        tag: 'Google',
      }],
    });
    $('.chips-placeholder').chips({
      placeholder: 'Enter a tag',
      secondaryPlaceholder: '+Tag',
    });
    $('.chips-autocomplete').chips({
      autocompleteOptions: {
        data: {
          'Apple': null,
          'Microsoft': null,
          'Google': null
        },
        limit: Infinity,
        minLength: 1
      }
    });
  });
          
        

Chip data object

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  var chip = {
    tag: 'chip content',
    image: '', //optional
  };
          
        

Options

Name	Type	Default	Description
data	Array	[]	Set the chip data (look at the Chip data object)
placeholder	String	''	Set first placeholder when there are no tags.
secondaryPlaceholder	String	''	Set second placeholder when adding additional tags.
autocompleteOptions	Object	{}	Set autocomplete options.
autocompleteOnly	Boolean	false	Toggles abililty to add custom value not in autocomplete list.
limit	Integer	Infinity	Set chips limit.
onChipAdd	Function	null	Callback for chip add.
onChipSelect	Function	null	Callback for chip select.
onChipDelete	Function	null	Callback for chip delete.

Methods

Use these methods to interact with chips.

Because jQuery is no longer a dependency, all the methods are called on the plugin instance. You can get the plugin instance like this:

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    var instance = M.Chips.getInstance(elem);

    /* jQuery Method Calls
      You can still use the old jQuery plugin method calls.
      But you won't be able to access instance properties.

      $('.chips').chips('methodName');
      $('.chips').chips('methodName', paramName);
    */
              
            

.addChip();

Add chip to input.

Arguments

Chip: Chip data object.

  instance.addChip({
    tag: 'chip content',
    image: '', // optional
  });
        

.deleteChip();

Delete nth chip.

Arguments

Integer: Index of chip.

  instance.deleteChip(3); // Delete 3rd chip.
        

.selectChip();

Select nth chip.

Arguments

Integer: Index of chip.

  instance.selectChip(2); // Select 2nd chip
        

Properties

Name	Type	Description
el	Element	The DOM element the plugin was initialized with.
options	Object	The options the instance was initialized with.
chipsData	Array	Array of the current chips data.
hasAutocomplete	Boolean	If the chips has autocomplete enabled.
autocomplete	Object	Autocomplete instance, if any.