Hi @dan
We try to rely on the least amount of external dependencies as possible.
So we don’t plan to add this plugin.
Maybe in the future, we will try to write ourselves something similar.
It depends on the direction in which we should develop Handsontable.
Key / Value with Dropdown would be highly appreciated…
Hi @dev3
here https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/issues/2305 we have a discussion over this topic with some demos
Hello Aleksandra
the old topic…
I just checked the new 9. release but i can’t find this feature, i’am right?
I’m not sure if i thinking too far ahead, i don’t need any bindings my only need is:
The data for the dropdown is 10,20,30,40,50 (i can’t change them because i use these values to control leaflet map) but the user should see Garden Lake, Ocean, Foo, Bar in the ht dropdown.
Any hints?
Thx & have a good one
Hi @dev3
that is true… we do not have any official solution yet.
However, some time ago one of our developers was testing his code and created a similar functionality that may come in handy. Here it is https://jsfiddle.net/handsoncode/f0b41jug/
I’m part of the team that uses Handsontable and we’d need Dropdown with key-value support. It’s quite crucial for us to have it, since we are at the beginning of a project where this will be needed. We’ll also need to support having Dropdowns in multiple columns with dependencies between them (but that’s already another story).
Are there any (good) news from your side?
Thx and have a nice day!
key-value dropdown is not available out of the box (that would require some custom work on the editor/renderer and validator). But when it comes to cell dependencies we have some useful demos and a tutorial on the blog at https://handsontable.com/blog/articles/2016/4/expand-your-app-with-cell-dependencies
We also opened up consulting services as an extension to the normal support plan. That is a good option if you want to make everything work fast while using the recommended official API and good coding practices.
That is quite old issue we are texting in. Please feel free to send me an email at support@handsontable.com to discuss the details.
Hello @aleksandra_budnik,
I am part of a small dev team having a project using Handsontable. One of the critical functions we need is having a dropdown cell with the capability to handle/use a key-value pair as source data. Any good news regarding this dropdown key-value issue?
Thanks and best regards!
Can you send me a message to support@handsontable.com with the requirements of your project? I might have some valuable tips regarding the key-value option.
The link you sent, helped me resolve the problem with the key-value option. Thank you. 
And this secret link was…
I see a lot of threads talking about the same, also including samples, but all based on old versions of Handsontable that are not working today.
We are seriously considering buying a license, but this missing feature with a select or dropdown was breaking all previous work to complete the full test.
Hi @francesc.pineda The general idea for a dropdown key-value cell that runs on the latest version of Handsontable can be found here https://jsfiddle.net/handsoncode/f0b41jug/. You just need to know that there are no tests for this use case so extending it further can lead to unexpected behavior.
@aleksandra_budnik Any idea when this feature will reach production use?
The only issue I’m having with that sample code is when you go to double click on the value to change it, the preview shows the ID instead of the name. I’m not familiar enough with your API to figure this out myself at this point. But if you have any pointers on how to fix this, I’d appreciate it!
hi @tctech
In the demo above, I see the value in the renderer and editor
Renderer
Editor
source: [
{_id: 1, label: 'Mike'},
{_id: 2, label: 'Roman'},
{_id: 3, label: 'Juan'},
]
In which case do you see id?
If you change the value of the cell to Mike, lose focus on that cell, and then double click on Mike again, it shows the ID 1 instead of Mike
Hi @tctech
This is not an official version of the key-value dropdown, and if there are any issues related to the use of it I can only recommend checking the cell editor guide https://handsontable.com/docs/cell-editor/#overview. The first thing that comes to my mind is some issue within the getValue()/setValue() methods.
@tctech I just realized the error you are making. You solve it by adding change line 41 with the following statement. Thanks @aleksandra_budnik give me some suggestions
const index = this.htEditor.getDataAtProp('_id').findIndex(id => id === Number(value));
We are considering purchasing a license, but a dropdown with key value is a must. Has there been any movement on this?
Have you seen this idea https://jsfiddle.net/handsoncode/f0b41jug/? (it is linked above)
We are able to show values
but operate on IDs
source: [
{_id: 1, label: 'Mike'},
{_id: 2, label: 'Roman'},
{_id: 3, label: 'Juan'},
]