--- title: Shadcn Finally Has MultiSelect! | daily.dev description: A developer creates a custom MultiSelect component for Shadcn UI library, addressing the missing functionality. The implementation combines Popover and Command... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/shadcn-finally-has-multiselect--l6csjonei twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Shadcn Finally Has MultiSelect! | daily.dev og:description: A developer creates a custom MultiSelect component for Shadcn UI library, addressing the missing functionality. The implementation combines Popover and Command... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/shadcn-finally-has-multiselect--l6csjonei og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/L6cSJoNEi.png og:image:alt: Shadcn Finally Has MultiSelect! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Shadcn Finally Has MultiSelect! **[Web Dev Simplified](https://daily.dev/sources/wds)** · 14 min read · 61 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A developer creates a custom MultiSelect component for Shadcn UI library, addressing the missing functionality. The implementation combines Popover and Command components, uses React Context for state management, and employs clever techniques to handle component registration before rendering. Key challenges included making components work with Shadcn's declarative syntax, implementing dynamic overflow handling for selected items, and ensuring accessibility. The component is available as a Shadcn registry installation with customizable badges, wrapping behaviors, and search functionality. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@samadsaiyed** · 3 upvotes > [Here's the link](https://wds-shadcn-registry.netlify.app/getting-started/introduction/). It would be better if you just shared the link in the caption but i get it, you want views 🤑😂 --- Tags: [#accessibility](https://daily.dev/tags/accessibility), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#shadcn](https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/shadcn-finally-has-multiselect--l6csjonei) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Shadcn Finally Has MultiSelect!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/shadcn-finally-has-multiselect--l6csjonei","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/shadcn-finally-has-multiselect--l6csjonei"},"datePublished":"2025-08-12T16:03:35.888Z","dateModified":"2025-09-06T02:47:17.360Z","description":"A developer creates a custom MultiSelect component for Shadcn UI library, addressing the missing functionality. 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