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How to set default value in input datalist and still have the drop down?

I am using the datalist HTML property to get a drop down inout box:
<input list="orderTypes" value="Book">
<datalist id="orderTypes">
<option value="Book">
<option value="Copy">
<option value="Page">
</datalist>
The problem is that now I have to clear the input box to view all the drop down values. Is there a way to have a default value but still view all the values in the datalist when the drop down icon is clicked?

I have the same problem.
I just simple added placeholder with the default data.
In your example:
<input list="orderTypes" name="orderType" id="orderType" placeholder="Book" />
I listen submit event. If the input value is empty, I use Book as default value, otherwise I use the given value...
$("#mySubmitButton").click(() => {
// use event prevent here if need...
const orderType = $("#orderType").val() || "Book";
console.log(orderType);
});

I know of no way to do this natively. You could make a "helper" div to use when the input field has value. I couldn't hide the native drop down so I renamed the ID. Uses jQuery.
html
<input list="orderTypes" id="dlInput">
<div id="helper" style="display:none;position:absolute;z-index:200;border:1pt solid #ccc;"></div>
<datalist id="orderTypes" style="z-index:100;">
<option value="Book">
<option value="Copy">
<option value="Page">
</datalist>
script
$(function(){
// make a copy of datalist
var dl="";
$("#orderTypes option").each(function(){
dl+="<div class='dlOption'>"+$(this).val()+"</div>";
});
$("#helper").html(dl);
$("#helper").width( $("#dlInput").width() );
$(document).on("click","#dlInput",function(){
// display list if it has value
var lv=$("#dlInput").val();
if( lv.length ){
$("#orderTypes").attr("id","orderTypesHide");
$("#helper").show();
}
});
$(document).on("click",".dlOption",function(){
$("#dlInput").val( $(this).html() );
$("#helper").hide();
});
$(document).on("change","#dlInput",function(){
if( $(this).val()==="" ){
$("#orderTypesHide").attr("id","orderTypes");
$("#helper").hide();
}
});
});
jsFiddle

Is this what you trying to do?
var demoInput = document.getElementById('demoInput'); // give an id to your input and set it as variable
demoInput.value ='books'; // set default value instead of html attribute
demoInput.onfocus = function() { demoInput.value =''; }; // on focus - clear input
demoInput.onblur = function() { demoInput.value ='books'; }; // on leave restore it.
<legend>(double) click on the input to see options:</legend>
<input list="orderTypes" id="demoInput">
<datalist id="orderTypes">
<option value="Book">
<option value="Copy">
<option value="Page">
</datalist>
The only "problem" here is that in order to see the options the user have to click the input again so it's like "double-click the input to see options".
Hope that helps.

I would use input's placeholder attribute along with a Javascript code that'll make sure that the field isn't empty upon submission.
Obviously this is just an example, you'll have to modify the submission event.
document.getElementById('submitButton').addEventListener('click', function() {
let inputElement = document.getElementById('myInput');
if (!inputElement.value) {
inputElement.value = 'Book';
}
});
<input id="myInput" list="orderTypes" placeholder="Book">
<datalist id="orderTypes">
<option value="Book">
<option value="Copy">
<option value="Page">
</datalist>
<input id="submitButton" type="submit">

I've menaged to get what You described with just <select> + <option> tags instead of <input> + <datalist>:
<select name="sortBY">
<option value="Book">Book</option>
<option value="Copy">Copy</option>
<option value="Page">Page</option>
</select>
Putting it all inside <form></form> tags will send it eg. with POST method with $_POST['sortBY'] value.

If this helps at all:
$('#grouptext').val($('#grouplist option#48').attr('value'));
where '#grouptext' is your text input to which your datalist '#grouplist' is attached, and #48 is the ID you're looking to "pre-select".
here's what my data list looks like, for clarity
worked for me.
In Chrome's console it shows up like this with "option#115", which corresponds to the correct text in the datalist for that "id" (being 115)

set id for your input and with js set default value
<script>
setTimeout(() => {
document.getElementById('orderTypes').value = "Book";
}, 100);
</script>

Button to add selected="selected" from outside form

I am using laravel, and trying to integrate some jquery, which I am not very good at.
I have a multiple select box with potentially lots of options, based on database values.
<div class="toolselect">
<select multiple>
<option value="1">Tool 1</option>
<option value="2">Tool 2</option>
<option value="3">Tool 3</option>
</select>
</div>
The user can select tools directly from the select box, but this can be a huge list and therefore I am also displaying a search field below the select box to
search the database of tools so the user can see more info about the tool, and then decide if he wants to include it.
Currently the user has to first search, then find the entry in the select box and select it.
I want a faster solution with a button next to the info about the tool, that automatically adds selected="selected" to the correct option in the select box above.
I tried
<input type="button" value="Mer" onclick="addselect('{{$tool->id}}')"/>
<script type="text/javascript">
addselect = function (id){
$("div.toolselect select").val(id);
}
But that erased all the other other selected fields.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Try using jQuery's prop function:
<input type="button" value="Mer" onclick="addselect('{{$tool->id}}')"/>
<script type="text/javascript">
addselect = function (id){
$('.toolselect select option[value="'+ id +'"]').prop('selected');
}
</script>

For a multi-select, the value is an array of all the selected items. You're just setting the value to a single item, which is treated as an array of one element, so all the other selections get discarded.
So you should get the old value, add the new ID to it, and then set that as the new value.
function addselect(id) {
$('.toolselect select').val(function(i, oldval) {
oldval = oldval || []; // oldval = null when nothing is selected
oldval.push(id);
return oldval;
});
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="toolselect">
<select multiple>
<option value="1">Tool 1</option>
<option value="2">Tool 2</option>
<option value="3">Tool 3</option>
</select>
</div>
<input type="button" value="Select 1" onclick="addselect('1')"/>
<input type="button" value="Select 2" onclick="addselect('2')"/>
<input type="button" value="Select 3" onclick="addselect('3')"/>

Instead of using this :
addselect = function (id){
$("div.toolselect select").val(id);
}
Try this :
addselect = function(id) {
var temp = [];
var arr = $('select').val();
for(i=0;i<arr.length;i++){
temp.push(arr[i]);
}
temp.push(id);
$("div.toolselect select").val(temp);
}
This way your previous selection is preserved, and the new selection is appended to the previous selection.
Hope this helps.

Hide submit button if selected option value is null

I have the following form:
var x = document.getElementById("submit-button");
if (x.selectedIndex.value == null) {
$("#submit-button").css("display","none");
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form>
<select>
<option disabled selected>Select colour</option>
<option value="Orange">Orange</option>
<option value="Apple">Apple</option>
<option value="Lemon">Lemon</option>
</select>
<button id="submit-button" type="submit">Click</button>
</form>
If the selected index of the dropdown is the disabled placeholder option with no value, i want to hide the submit button. As soon as a colour is selected i want to show the button again.
Any help will be appreciated.

You are in the right way. But missing some points with events:
1 - The whole code must be executed when DOM is ready (document loaded)
2 - You must observe the select change event to check for changes
3 - You can use jQuery .hide() and .show() do control the element's visibility
// Executed when DOM is loaded
$(document).ready(function() {
// Executed when select is changed
$("select").on('change',function() {
var x = this.selectedIndex;
if (x == "") {
$("#submit-button").hide();
} else {
$("#submit-button").show();
}
});
// It must not be visible at first time
$("#submit-button").css("display","none");
});
Look this working fiddle

The shortest way would be
$(function(){
$("select").on("change", function(){
$("#submit-button").toggle(!!this.value);
}).change();
});
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>
<form>
<select>
<option selected value="">Select colour</option>
<option value="Orange">Orange</option>
<option value="Apple">Apple</option>
<option value="Lemon">Lemon</option>
</select>
<button id="submit-button" type="submit">Click</button>
</form>

You need to create an event handler for when the dropdown changes. In the example below I've hidden the submit button by default, and when the dropdown changes I toggle the visibility of the button based on if there is a selected value in the dropdown.
I allowed your "Select colour" option to be available just to better demonstrate how the event handler works.
$("#submit-button").hide();
$("select").on("change", function() {
if (this.value)
$("#submit-button").show();
else
$("#submit-button").hide();
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form>
<select>
<option selected value="">Select colour</option>
<option value="Orange">Orange</option>
<option value="Apple">Apple</option>
<option value="Lemon">Lemon</option>
</select>
<button id="submit-button" type="submit">Click</button>
</form>

You should add a listener to your select like this:
$('form select').on('change', function(){
if($(this).val() == null){
$("#submit-button").hide();
}else{
$("#submit-button").show();
}
}).change();
It will check every time that changes the option, hiding the button when the option has no value and showing it when it does. Also, it will trigger that at first to hide for the initial case.

Hi there Kindly try the following solution and tell me if you wanted something like this :
$(document).ready(function(){
if($('select').val() == null){
$('#submit-button').css('display','none');
}
$('select').on('change', function() {
$('#submit-button').css('display','block');
});

Creating a text and dropdown list search functionality

I've written a piece of code that allows a Sharepoint list user to select a search criteria from a drop down list. By default, next to this, I'd like a textbox to be present. Besides the text box on the page is a Search button and a Reset button. This looks like this:
Ideally, what I'd like is that if the user selects a specific option in the search criteria drop down list (say, Field 3), the text box will change to a drop down list, which they choose their option from and then search for as usual.
This is what I have so far:
<script type="text/javascript">
function RedirectUrl() {
var sField = document.getElementById("searchField").value;
if (sField == "Field3") {
var search = document.getElementById("dropdownSearch").value;
} else {
var search = document.getElementById("textSearch").value;
}
var url = "";
if (search != "") {
url = "FilterName=" + sField + "&FilterMultiValue=*" + search + "*";
window.location.href = //Url of our site
}
else {
return false;
}
}
function ClearUrl() {
//Refresh page
}
</script>
Search Field: <select id="searchField">
<option selected value="Field1" >Field 1</option>
<option value="Field2">Field 2</option>
<option value="Field3">Field 3</option>
<option value="Field4">Field 4</option>
</select>
if (searchField == "Field3") {
Search text: <select id="dropdownSearch" />
<option selected value="One" >One</option>
<option value="Two">Two</option>
</select>
} else {
Search text: <input type="text" id="textSearch" />
}
</script>
<input type="button" id="btnSearch" value="Search" onclick="return RedirectUrl();" />
<input type="button" id="btnClear" value="Reset Filters" onclick="return ClearUrl();" />
The functionality of this code works. If the user selects "Field3" from the search field drop down list, whatever is selected in the drop down list is shown. If the user selects any other option from the search field drop down list, the text in the "search text" field is shown.
However, due to the if statement contained within, it looks like this:
Questions:
How can I get the code to automatically display either the text box or the drop down list depending on the user's selection in the Search Field?
How can I hide the if statement logic?
As can probably be guessed from the code I have almost zero experience in Javascript (and absolutely zero experience in JQuery, if any answers tend that way) - although I have tagged JQuery as from what little I do know I feel it might be better(?) suited for it.
Edit: My not-working code after ZiNNED's help:
Search Field:
<select id="searchField">
<option selected value="Field1">Field 1</option>
<option value="Field2">Field 2</option>
<option value="Field3">Field 3</option>
<option value="Field4">Field 4</option>
</select>Search Text:
<select id="dropdownSearch" style="display: none;">
<option value="1">Value 1</option>
<option value="2">Value 2</option>
<option value="3">Value 3</option>
</select>
<input id="textSearch" />
<input type="button" id="btnSearch" value="Search" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="link-to-Sharepoint/SiteAssets/jquery-1.11.1.js">
$(document).ready(function () {
$(document).on("change", "#searchField", function () {
var show = $(this).val() == "Field3";
$("#dropdownSearch").toggle(show);
$("#textSearch").toggle(!show);
});
});
</script>

You should do a couple of things.
First: remove the if-statement from the code and hide the dropdownSearch select by default:
HTML
Search Field: <select id="searchField">
<option selected value="Field1" >Field 1</option>
<option value="Field2">Field 2</option>
<option value="Field3">Field 3</option>
<option value="Field4">Field 4</option>
</select>
Search text:
<select id="dropdownSearch" style="display: none;" />
// All options and their values
</select>"
<input type="text" id="textSearch" />
Second, add a reference to jQuery and the following JavaScript to your document:
$(document).ready(function () {
$(document).on("change", "#searchField", function () {
var show = $(this).val() == "Field3";
$("#dropdownSearch").toggle(show);
$("#textSearch").toggle(!show);
});
});
This adds an event to the searchField dropdown that triggers when its value is changed. If the value equals Field3 the dropdownSearch is shown; otherwise the textSearch.
See this FIDDLE.
EDIT: After your edit, try changing the following:
<script type="text/javascript" src="link-to-Sharepoint/SiteAssets/jquery-1.11.1.js">
$(document).ready(function () {
$(document).on("change", "#searchField", function () {
var show = $(this).val() == "Field3";
$("#dropdownSearch").toggle(show);
$("#textSearch").toggle(!show);
});
});
</script>
to:
<script type="text/javascript" src="link-to-Sharepoint/SiteAssets/jquery-1.11.1.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$(document).on("change", "#searchField", function () {
var show = $(this).val() == "Field3";
$("#dropdownSearch").toggle(show);
$("#textSearch").toggle(!show);
});
});
</script>
You shouldn't add JavaScript to script tags when you're also referring to an external file in it.

how to make a checkbox enable/disable based on selection in multiple box

I have a multi selection combo box and a checkbox in a form.
I'd like the checkbox to be enabled only when user selects a particular value from the multi selection combo box.
Is this possible to do ...either by javascript or jQuery. I am already using jquery elsewhere.
Example: http://jsbin.com/ipomu
to begin with checkbox will be disabled. it should only be enabled when user clicks on option 2

A sample one. You just add the option values for which you want to enable the checkbox to the array object. In the following sample I have enabled the checkbox on click of 2, 3,5 and 7 options.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
var arrVal = [ "2","3", "5", "7" ];
$("#combobox").change(function(){
var valToCheck = String($(this).val());
if ( jQuery.inArray(valToCheck,arrVal) == -1 )
{
$("#check").attr("disabled", "true");
}
else
{
$("#check").removeAttr ( "disabled" );
}
});
});
</script>
<select id="combobox" size="9" id="reasons" multiple="multiple">
<option value="1">Option 1</option>
<option value="2">Option 2</option>
<option value="3">Option 3</option>
<option value="4">Option 4</option>
<option value="5">Option 5</option>
<option value="6">Option 6</option>
<option value="7">Option 7</option>
</select>
Working demo for your example.

I updated the jsbin link you provided with the proper jQuery needed to achieve the desired effect.
http://jsbin.com/ipomu/2

You can enable/disable an html element through javascript with:
document.getElementById('<the id of your checkbox here>').disabled = true;
So, you have to add OnChange event of your multi selection combo box and add logic in some function when to disable/enable your checkbox.
Example:
<select onChange="myfunc(this)">
...
<script>
function myfunc(sel)
{
if (sel.selectedValue == "2")
document.getElementById('<the id of your checkbox here>').disabled = true;
}
</script>

Most simply, with straight Javascript, and no jQuery, you could add the following onchange attribute to the select element (assuming that the elements are both surrounded by the same form):
onchange="this.form['mycheck'].disabled = (this.value != 2)"
If they are not in the same form, or if you don't know the name of the intended element, or the elements are dynamically created, the .disabled = (this.value != 2) will be the same, but the method of finding the right checkbox may be different.