# mantine-combobox

Teaches the agent to build dropdowns, autocompletes and multiselects on Mantine's Combobox primitives.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3500 installs · ★ 63
- Author: mantinedev
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mantinedev/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/mantine-combobox/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mantine-combobox

## What it does

The skill covers building any select-like UI from the low-level `Combobox` primitives. Mantine's own `Select`, `MultiSelect`, `Autocomplete` and `TagsInput` sit on top of them, so the first step is checking whether a ready-made component already fits. If `ComboboxPopover` or `TreeSelect` does the job, you don't need the primitives.

Then comes the workflow: create the store with `useCombobox`, lay out `Combobox.Target`, `Combobox.Dropdown` and `Combobox.Options`, handle the pick in `onOptionSubmit`. A table picks the right target type — a button, a text input, or `Combobox.DropdownTarget` paired with `Combobox.EventsTarget` for pills. The skill lists which keys Combobox handles on its own and how to take over with `withKeyboardNavigation={false}`.

It targets Mantine 9.x, so on another major version the primitives may behave differently — worth checking the API. Long option lists get a virtualized pattern, and custom dropdown content like tabs, a header or a create button means you have to use the primitives, since `ComboboxPopover` can't render it. Before building anything past a basic select, the skill says to read `references/patterns.md`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mantinedev/skills --skill mantine-combobox -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/mantine-combobox/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/mantine-combobox/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mantinedev/skills --skill mantine-combobox -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/mantine-combobox/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mantinedev/skills --skill mantine-combobox -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/mantine-combobox/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mantinedev/skills mantine-combobox
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/mantine-combobox/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mantinedev/skills --skill mantine-combobox -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mantinedev/skills --path skills/mantine-combobox
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/mantine-combobox/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mantinedev/skills --skill mantine-combobox -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mantinedev/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/mantine-combobox/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a searchable dropdown with input filtering
- make a multiselect with pills and a separate input
- render an option with an icon or checkbox
- add async search with loading and error states
- show a list of several hundred options without lag

## Example prompts
- Build a custom select with Mantine Combobox primitives and search on typing
- Make a multiselect with pills using Combobox.DropdownTarget and Combobox.EventsTarget
- Add a create-option action to the dropdown when nothing matches

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: mantine-combobox
description: >
  Build custom dropdown/select/autocomplete/multiselect components using Mantine's Combobox
  primitives. Use this skill when: (1) creating a new custom select-like component with
  Combobox primitives, (2) building a searchable dropdown, (3) implementing a multi-select
  or tags input variant, (4) customizing option rendering, (5) adding custom filtering logic,
  or (6) any task involving useCombobox, Combobox.Target, Combobox.Option, or Combobox.Dropdown.
---

# Mantine Combobox Skill

Written for Mantine 9.x.

## Overview

`Combobox` provides low-level primitives for building any select-like UI. The built-in
`Select`, `MultiSelect`, `Autocomplete`, and `TagsInput` components are all built on top of it.

## Check for a ready-made component first

Build with `Combobox` primitives only when none of these fit:

| Need | Use |
|---|---|
| Standard select, multi-select, autocomplete or tags input | `Select`, `MultiSelect`, `Autocomplete`, `TagsInput` (all support `renderOption`) |
| Options dropdown attached to a button or any other element, no input | `ComboboxPopover` (data-driven: `data`, `value`, `onChange`, `searchable`, `multiple`) |
| Hierarchical options | `TreeSelect` (see below) |
| More than a few hundred options | `Combobox` with `useVirtualizedCombobox`, see the virtualized pattern |

```tsx
<ComboboxPopover data={['React', 'Angular', 'Vue']} value={value} onChange={setValue}>
  <ComboboxPopover.Target>
    <Button variant="default">{value || 'Select framework'}</Button>
  </ComboboxPopover.Target>
</ComboboxPopover>
```

`ComboboxPopover` opens on target click by itself, marks the selected option with a check icon and
handles keyboard navigation. Useful props: `searchable`, `multiple` (value becomes `string[]`, the
dropdown stays open while picking), `allowDeselect={false}` (one option is always selected),
`nothingFoundMessage`, `renderOption`, `limit`, `maxDropdownHeight`, `name` (hidden input for forms),
`comboboxProps={{ width: 220, position: 'bottom-start' }}`. `data` supports `disabled` items and groups
like `Select`: `[{ group: 'Size', items: [{ value: 'xs', label: 'XS' }] }]`. It cannot render custom dropdown content (tabs, header, footer, create actions): use
`Combobox` primitives for that.

`TreeSelect` takes nested `data` (`{ value, label, children? }[]`, unique values) and renders an
input with an expandable tree in the dropdown. Props include `mode` (single, multiple, or checkbox
with parent-child cascade), `searchable`, `clearable`, `renderNode`. Build the tree from `Combobox`
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