Is it possible to convert a select menu to buttons?

Question

I have a simple select menu e.g.

<p>Would you recommend this company?</p>

<select>
    <option value="yes">Yes</option>
    <option value="no">No</option>
</select>

That I ask for user feedback, it's currently power by a simple form submit, now it's 2013 i'd love to make it 2 x buttons e.g. "Thumbs Up" or "Thumbs Down" (And highlights when selected)/interchangable (e.g. can't select 2 at once).

Got this far... But it's not really applying the select values or a "selected" effect:

http://jsfiddle.net/mBUgc/18/

Closest i've come to is the following...which converts select menus to star ratings... - But it's not really a usable, so hopefully someone can help/point in right direction or a little code example.

http://netboy.pl/demo/jquery-bar-rating/examples/

Answer 1

Update:

Hidden element added for form submission of chosen value.

http://jsfiddle.net/mBUgc/21/

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Here's a simple implementation of what you are looking to achieve.

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/mBUgc/19/

JavaScript:

$("select option").unwrap().each(function() {
    var btn = $('<div class="btn">'+$(this).text()+'</div>');
    if($(this).is(':checked')) btn.addClass('on');
    $(this).replaceWith(btn);
});

$(document).on('click', '.btn', function() {
    $('.btn').removeClass('on');
    $(this).addClass('on');
});

CSS:

div.btn {
    display: inline-block;
    /** other styles **/
}
div.btn.on {
    background-color: #777;
    color: white;
    /** styles as needed for on state **/
}

Note: This will work regardless of the number of options you have in your select - http://jsfiddle.net/mBUgc/20/

Answer 2

In case someone comes back to this, I came up with a slight different solution based on the example from @techfoobar.

basically: - dynamic code (can be used for multiple selects on the same page) - no need of hidden fields, select is still there (hidden)

tested: - current chrome, firefox, edge (chromium), ie11

Usage:

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
  ReplaceSelectWithButtons($('#test'));
});

https://jsfiddle.net/koshimon/pobcvxf4/2/

// yay, this is my first post here, feedback welcome :)