Support select_or_other and the koenpunt fork's 'create new option' feature

Hi. I was on a plane and didn't see that there had been other work on this. I did a quick little select_or_other integration that isn't quite as integrated as the other patch, but was quick to implement. If you just want *some* select_or_other integration, this is a small change that could go in while the rest of the work is done on the other branch.

Does the current koenpunt fork work for anyone? After (figuring out how to build the damn thing and) installing it, it doesn't seem to want to put any options in the drop-down - it just works like a text field. Did the options change or something?

Works fine here, thanks a lot!

@Garrett Albright
You don't have to build it, there's releases:
https://github.com/koenpunt/chosen/releases

One small comment..

I hate the fact that it shows the "other" textbox, I'd rather have it show the option in the select itself.

I quickhacked this in by changing:

        chosen.create_option = function(value) {
          this.form_field_jq.val('select_or_other').change().trigger('chosen:updated');
          this.form_field_jq.parents('.select-or-other').find('input.select-or-other-other').val(value).change();
        }

to:

        chosen.create_option = function(value) {
          this.form_field_jq.val('select_or_other').trigger('chosen:updated');
          this.form_field_jq.parents('.select-or-other').find('input.select-or-other-other').val(value).change();
          this.select_append_option({value: value, text: value});
        }

Basically, removes triggering the change event and adds the option to the select.

@rv0 Any chance you can incorporate your change into a patch file? I'd "review" it, then, and hopefully we could get it incorporated in next version.

@Mołot: sure, but I was thinking people would prefer it configurable.

In any case, we switched to Select2.js for our usecase because it allows adding elements out of the box, and just by pressing enter (no special clicks required).

Patch in attach.

Has there been any progress on this? Has Chosen come a little further in 3 years? I don't want a 'click for other' method. I want to type and press return to create new.

I've unsuccessfully tried to get this functionality with other modules (Select2, Select2Widget, Autocomplete Deluxe) and several combinations of patches — nothing works. But as Chosen is my Select UI of choice, I'd prefer to stay with it anyway.

Also, I don't know if it's because I'm using OG Vocab... That probably complicates things, huh?

+1