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ng2-typeahead

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A simple Angular2 typeahead/autocomplete component.

See ng2-typeahead on GitHub

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Installation

  1. A recommended way to install ng2-typeahead is through the npm package manager using the following command:

npm i ng2-typeahead --save

Alternatively, you can download it in a ZIP file.

  1. Currently ng2-typeahead contains one directive: typeahead.

Example

my.component.ts
import { Typeahead } from 'ng2-typeahead';
 
@NgModule({
   declarations: [ Typeahead ],
})
 
@Component({
    selector: 'my-component',
    template: require('./my.component.html'),
    styles: [`
        .typeahead-input,
        .typeahead-typeahead{
            width: 250px;
            padding: 8px;
            border-radius: 5px;
        }
    `]
})
export class MyComponent {
 
  fruitName: string;
  fruits: any[] = [
    {
      id: 1,
      name: "Apple",
      searchText: "apple"
    },
    {
      id: 2,
      name: "Orange",
      searchText: "orange"
    },
    {
      id: 3,
      name: "Banana",
      searchText: "banana"
    }
  ];
 
  selectedFruit: any = this.fruits[0];
 
  public fruitSelected(fruit) {
    this.fruitName = fruit ? fruit.name : 'none';
  }
 
}
my.component.html
<typeahead
  [(ngModel)]="selectedFruit"
  [list]="fruits"
  [searchProperty]="'searchText'" [displayProperty]="'name'"
  [maxSuggestions]="2"
  (suggestionSelected)="fruitSelected($event)"
  placeholder="Begin typing a fruit">
</typeahead>
 
<p>You selected {{ fruitName }}</p>

The following adjustments may be required in systemjs.config.js to run the example code. Issue #7

var map = {
    ...
    'ng2-typeahead':              'node_modules/ng2-typeahead',                             
  };
  ...
  var packages = {
    ...
    'ng2-typeahead':              { main: 'ng2-typeahead.js', defaultExtension: 'js' }
  };
Demo

API for typeahead

This is the only directive. Provide a list of suggestions as an object array, specify the display and search properties, and handle the selection event however you like.

Properties

Binding Property Type Remarks
[(ngModel)] any The model property to which the component is bound. Optional.
[list] any[] The complete list of items. These can be any type of object. This is required.
[displayProperty] string The property of a list item that should be displayed. The default is 'name'.
[searchProperty] string The property of a list item that should be used for matching. The default is 'name'.
[maxSuggestions] number The maximum number of suggestions to display. The default is -1 (no limit).

Note: displayProperty and searchProperty can be the same property or different properties based on your needs.

Events

Event Binding Remarks
(suggestionSelected) Called when a suggestion has been selected. The only parameter is the selected item.

Styles

Selector Remarks
.typeahead The outer div which holds all component elements.
.typeahead-input The input element into which the user enters text.
.typeahead-input-has-selection The input element into which the user enters text when a suggestion is selected. This alerts the user that a selection has been made.
.typeahead-typeahead The type-ahead input element which displays the suggested text.
.typeahead-suggestions The div which holds the suggestions elements.
.typeahead-suggestions ul The unordered list of suggestions.
.typeahead-suggestions ul li The individual suggestion elements.
.typeahead-suggestion-active The active (highlighted) suggestion in the suggestions list.

Troubleshooting

Please follow this guidelines when reporting bugs and feature requests:

  1. Use GitHub Issues board to report bugs and feature requests (not our email address)
  2. Please always write steps to reproduce the error. That way we can focus on fixing the bug, not scratching our heads trying to reproduce it.

Thanks for understanding, and apologies for any issues experienced thus far.

License

The MIT License (see the LICENSE file for the full text)

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