auto-complete

IMPORTANT: HELP NEEDED

The project need your help, any help for fixing bugs and improvements are welcome!

Install

install @ngui/auto-complete

$ npm install @ngui/auto-complete --save

add map and packages to your systemjs.config.js unless you are using webpack

map['@ngui/auto-complete'] = 'node_modules/@ngui/auto-complete/dist/auto-complete.umd.js';

import NguiAutoCompleteModule to your AppModule

import { NguiAutoCompleteModule } from '@ngui/auto-complete';

@NgModule({
  imports: [BrowserModule, FormsModule, NguiAutoCompleteModule],
  declarations: [AppComponent],
  providers: [HTTP_PROVIDERS],
  bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
})
export class AppModule { }

Usage it in your code

    <input auto-complete [(ngModel)]="myData" [source]="mySource" />

For full example, please check test directory to see the example of;

systemjs.config.js
app.module.ts
and app.component.ts.

Demo

You can look at different show cases for it here as Component or Directive.

attributes

All options are optional except ngModel and source

ngModel, any, variable that autocomplete result is assigned to
source, array or string, required. data source for dropdown list
auto-complete-placeholder, string, autocomplete input guide text
value-formatter, string or function variable name, custom value formatting function. e.g. (id) value, 'myValueFormatter.
```
   myValueFormatter(data: any): string {
      return `(${data[id]}) ${data[value]}`;
    }
```
list-formatter, string or function variable name, custom list formatting function. e.g. (key) name, myListFormatter.
```
   myListFormatter(data: any): string {
      return `(${data[key]}) ${data[name]}`;
    }
```
path-to-data, string, e.g., data.myList, path to array data in http response
min-chars, number, when source is remote data, the number of character to see drop-down list
display-property-name, string, key name of text to show. default is value
select-value-of, string, when selected, return the value of this key as a selected item
blank-option-text, string, guide text to allow empty value to be selected as in empty value of option tag.
no-match-found-text, string, guide text to show no result found.
valueChanged / ngModelChange, callback function that is executed when a new drop-down is selected. e.g. (valueChanged)="myCallback($event)"
customSelected callback function that is executed when a value selected not included in drop-down, so it will return the keyword used. e.g. (customSelected)="customCallback($event)"
loading-text, text to be displayed when loading. Default, "Loading"
loading-template, html markup that is to be rendered when loading. Default, null
accept-user-input boolean, if false and does not match to source given, it goes back to the original value selected., If you don't event want user to type any, please use readonly="readonly" to force user to select only from list. Default is true
max-num-list number, maximum number of drop down list items. Default, unlimited
tab-to-select boolean, if true, pressing Tab will set the value from the selected item before focus leaves the control. Default is true
select-on-blur boolean, if true, blur event will set the value from the selected item before focus leaves the control. Default is false
match-formatted boolean, if true, keyword will be matched against list values formatted with list-formatter, instead of raw objects. Default is false
auto-select-first-item, boolean, if true, the first item of the list is automatically selected, if false, user must select manually an item. Default is false
open-on-focus, boolean, if false drop down won't open on a focus event, . Default is true
close-on-focusout, boolean, if false drop down will close on a focusout event, . Default is true
re-focus-after-select property, boolean, if false an auto focus behavior after select (example: custom value on blur event or issue #276) is disabled . Default is true
autocomplete, boolean, default false, if true remove the attribute autocomplete="off" of the input.
header-item-template, html markup to optionally create a non-selectable header row above the list of results. Default, null
ignore-accents, boolean, default true, if false user input must match exactly with source given, including accents or diacritics

Below are plunks for different scenarios:

Template Driven Forms

ngModel http://plnkr.co/edit/3pB1Gx?p=preview

Reactive Forms

FormGroup http://plnkr.co/edit/2osUq6?p=preview issue #49
FormControl http://plnkr.co/edit/A5CW2e?p=preview issue #100

Material Design

Example http://plnkr.co/edit/2YLDjX?p=preview&open=app/app.component.ts

Observable Source

Example http://plnkr.co/edit/ExzNSh?p=preview

List Formatter Example

Example 1 http://plnkr.co/edit/F9nrWp?p=preview
Example 2 (With custom css) http://plnkr.co/edit/0QFYFHMmCAFmhbYAGQl7?p=preview

Contributors are welcomed

This module is only improved and maintained by contributors like you;

As a contributor, it's NOT required to be skilled in Javascript nor Angular. You can contribute to the following;

Updating README.md
Making more and clearer comments
Answering issues and building FAQ
Documentation
Translation

In result of your active contribution, you will be listed as a core contributor on https://ng2-ui.github.io, and a member of ng2-ui too.

If you are interested in becoming a contributor and/or a member of ng-ui, please send me email to allenhwkim AT gmail.com with your github id.

For Developers

To start

$ git clone https://github.com/ng2-ui/auto-complete.git
$ cd auto-complete
$ npm install
$ npm build-lib:watch

$ # On different instance

$ npm start

To publish

$ npm build-lib:prod
$ cd dist
$ npm publish

List of available npm tasks

npm run : List all available tasks
npm start: Run demo directory for development using @angular/cli with port 4200
npm run lint: Lint TypeScript code
npm run build-lib:watch: Build library in live watch mode for development
npm run build-lib:prod: Build library for publish using view engine (not Ivy renderer)

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