AX - Combobox
Lets users pick one or more options from a dropdown — single or multi-select, optionally searchable, with optional custom actions inside the dropdown.
Overview
AX - Combobox is an Experience Cloud component that displays a configurable dropdown picker on Experience Sites pages.
Use it to let portal users choose from a fixed list of options or from values queried out of Salesforce — as a single-select or multi-select control, with optional search and custom actions rendered inside the dropdown. Configure the options, behavior, and styling in Experience Builder without code.
Perfect for filters, preference pickers, category selectors, or any form field where users choose from a set of options.
Configuration
Data Source
Choose where the combobox's options come from:
Manual
Enter each option directly (label, value, secondary text, disabled).
Fixed, static option lists.
Query
Auto-populate the options from a Salesforce object via a query.
Options that should stay in sync with your data.
Properties
Api Name is a unique identifier used to reference the component, and Label is the field label shown above the combobox. Field Level Help adds a help-text tooltip beside the label.
Default Value sets the option(s) selected when the component first loads.
Variant controls the label layout: standard, label-inline, label-stacked, or label-hidden. Placeholder is the text shown before a selection is made.
Dropdown Alignment positions the dropdown relative to the input (auto, left, center, right, or a bottom-* variant), and Dropdown Length sets how many options are visible before scrolling (5-items, 7-items, or 10-items).
Multi-Select lets users choose more than one option, and Keep Open On Select keeps the dropdown open after each selection (useful with multi-select).
Allow Search adds a search box to filter options, and Hide Options Until Search shows options only once the user starts typing.
Required marks the field as mandatory, and Disabled prevents user interaction.
Hide Clear Icon removes the button that clears the current selection, and Hide Selected Options hides already-selected options from the dropdown list.
Actions define custom actions rendered inside the dropdown — each with a label, icon, position, and a click interaction, and options to keep them fixed, show them only during search, or show them when there are no results.
Options define the selectable items for a Manual data source — each with a label, value, optional secondary text, and a disabled state.
Styling
Customize the combobox's appearance from the Style section of the property editor.
Controls the outer spacing around the combobox.
Controls the inner spacing of the combobox.
Controls the combobox's dimensions (Width / Height / Overflow).
Controls the border around the combobox (Color / Size / Style / Radius).
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