Open WillSmithTE opened 11 months ago
How do I get the actual text that was suggested to the user? The text that becomes the input's value on select?
E.g. search for 50 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South VIC, Australia
That comes up as a suggestion.
The user selects it, but then changes Abbotts to Abbots.
I thought the
formatted_address
would be50 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South VIC, Australia
, and I could compare this to the input value to check if they changed it. But it's not. Theformatted_address
is50 Abbotts Rd, Dandenong South VIC 3175, Australia
.How do I validate this? How do I get the
50 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South VIC, Australia
?This seems to be a similar issue, but doesn't have an answer I could use with this library. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18454677/google-maps-api-how-do-you-ensure-that-the-google-maps-autocomplete-text-is-an
You can use ref
to get the value from INPUT field, then compare that data with formatted_address
.
@insaurabh thanks, but that's the issue. The formatted address is different to the input field's value.
e.g.
inputValue: '37 Bessemer Street, Kings Park NSW, Australia' formattted: '37 Bessemer St, Kings Park NSW 2148, Australia'
They are slightly different.
@WillSmithTE
You can update the
options: { types: ["(regions)"], <--- to address or some valid type, check google doc. },
and then on selection of address, create your own dropdown.
How do I get the actual text that was suggested to the user? The text that becomes the input's value on select?
E.g. search for 50 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South VIC, Australia
That comes up as a suggestion.
The user selects it, but then changes Abbotts to Abbots.
I thought the
formatted_address
would be50 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South VIC, Australia
, and I could compare this to the input value to check if they changed it. But it's not. Theformatted_address
is50 Abbotts Rd, Dandenong South VIC 3175, Australia
.How do I validate this? How do I get the
50 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South VIC, Australia
?This seems to be a similar issue, but doesn't have an answer I could use with this library. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18454677/google-maps-api-how-do-you-ensure-that-the-google-maps-autocomplete-text-is-an