How to show an inputlabel/placeholder/label permanently? - reactjs

Question

I'm using the multi-select with checkboxes from material ui v4. The provided default settings display an array of 'SELECTED' values. renderValue={selected => selected.join(', ')}. However, I would like to remove this function and only display a permanent label. It seems that the display value is being tied to the value of the component itself. Does anybody knows how to work around this?
<FormControl className={classes.formControl}>
<InputLabel htmlFor="select-multiple-checkbox">Tag</InputLabel>
<Select
multiple
value={personName}
onChange={handleChange}
input={<Input id="select-multiple-checkbox" />}
renderValue={selected => selected.join(', ')}
MenuProps={MenuProps}
>
{names.map(name => (
<MenuItem key={name} value={name}>
<Checkbox checked={personName.indexOf(name) > -1} />
<ListItemText primary={name} />
</MenuItem>
))}
</Select>
</FormControl>

Answer 1

Are you saying that you don't want any indication of what the selected values are?
If so, below is one way of doing that:
<FormControl className={classes.formControl}>
<InputLabel shrink={false} htmlFor="select-multiple-checkbox">
Tag
</InputLabel>
<Select
multiple
value={personName}
onChange={handleChange}
input={<Input id="select-multiple-checkbox" />}
renderValue={() => (
<span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: "​" }} />
)}
MenuProps={MenuProps}
>
{names.map(name => (
<MenuItem key={name} value={name}>
<Checkbox checked={personName.indexOf(name) > -1} />
<ListItemText primary={name} />
</MenuItem>
))}
</Select>
</FormControl>
<InputLabel shrink={false}
This prevents the label from shrinking and moving up when the Select is focused.
renderValue={() => (<span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: "​" }} />)}
This causes a zero-width space to be rendered as the "selected values". This ensures that the height doesn't collapse (which is what happens if you just return empty string) while still allowing the label to be displayed.