Blazing fast and lightweight autocomplete library without dependencies. 1KB gzipped.
npm install autocompleterBlazing fast and lightweight autocomplete widget without dependencies. Only 1KB gzipped.
Demo: https://smartscheduling.com/en/documentation/autocomplete
If you want to use the library in browser, just include the autocomplete.js and autocomplete.css into your HTML file.
For node.js:
``console`
npm install autocompleter
Then import it into your javascript code:
`javascript`
import autocomplete from "autocompleter";
// or
var autocomplete = require("autocompleter");
`javascript
var countries = [
{ label: "United Kingdom", value: "UK" },
{ label: "United States", value: "US" },
];
var input = document.getElementById("country");
autocomplete({
input: input,
fetch: function (text, update) {
text = text.toLowerCase();
// you can also use AJAX requests instead of preloaded data
var suggestions = countries.filter((n) =>
n.label.toLowerCase().startsWith(text)
);
update(suggestions);
},
onSelect: function (item) {
input.value = item.label;
},
});
`
Simply import the autocompleter in your typescript file:
`javascript`
import autocomplete from "autocompleter";
and call the autocomplete function as showed below:
`javascriptMyInterface
// replace the interface with the interface you want to use with autocomplete`
autocomplete
input: document.getElementById('myinputfield'),
emptyMsg: 'No items found',
minLength: 1,
fetch: (text: string, update: (items: MyInterface[]) => void) => {
...
},
onSelect: (item: MyInterface) => {
...
}
});
If your custom interface doesn't have the label property, you might get a compilation error from typescript. In this case just add an additional type to your code and pass it to the autocompleter:
`javascript
import autocomplete, { AutocompleteItem } from 'autocompleter';
// this type will prevent typescript warnings
type MyItem = Item & AutocompleteItem;
autocomplete
input: document.getElementById('myinputfield'),
emptyMsg: 'No items found',
minLength: 1,
fetch: (text: string, update: (items: Item[]) => void) => {
...
},
onSelect: (item: Item) => {
...
},
render: function(item: Item, currentValue: string): HTMLDivElement | undefined {
const itemElement = document.createElement('div');
itemElement.textContent = item.FirstName;
return itemElement;
}
});
`
If your interface doesn't have a label property, you also have to provide a custom render function.
You can pass the following options to autocomplete:
| Parameter | Description | Default |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| onSelect | This method will be called when user choose an item in autocomplete. The selected item will be passed as first parameter. | - |input
| | DOM input element must be passed with this parameter and autocomplete will attach itself to this field. Selectors are not supported, but you can just use document.querySelector('...') to find the required element. | - |minLength
| | Specify the minimum length, when autocomplete should appear on the screen. | 2 |emptyMsg
| | The message that will be showed when there are no suggestions that match the entered value. | undefined |render
| | This method allows you to override the rendering function. It will be called for each suggestion and the suggestion object will be passed as first parameter. The current input field value will be passed as second parameter. This function must return a DIV element or undefined to skip rendering. | undefined |renderGroup
| | The same as render, but will be called for each group. The first parameter of the function will be the group name. The current input field value will be passed as second parameter. This function must return a DIV element or undefined to skip rendering. | undefined |className
| | The autocomplete container will have this class name if specified. | undefined |fetch
| | This method will be called to prepare suggestions and then pass them to autocomplete. The first parameter is the text in the input field. The second parameter is a callback function that must be called after suggestions are prepared with an array as parameter. If you pass false to the callback function, autocomplete will show previous suggestions and will not re-render. | - |debounceWaitMs
| | Enforces that the fetch function will only be called once within the specified time frame (in milliseconds) and delays execution. This prevents flooding your server with AJAX requests. | 0 |customize
| | Callback for additional autocomplete customization after rendering is finished. Use this function if you want to change autocomplete default position. | undefined |preventSubmit
| | This option controls form submission when the ENTER key is pressed in a input field. Three settings are available: Never, Always, and OnSelect. Choose the appropriate setting to customize form submission behavior as per your needs. | Never |showOnFocus
| | Displays suggestions on focus of the input element. Note that if true, the minLength property will be ignored and it will always call fetch. | false |disableAutoSelect
| | Prevents the first item in the list from being selected automatically. This option allows you to submit a custom text by pressing ENTER even when autocomplete is displayed. | false |container
| | Provide your own container for the widget. If not specified, a new DIV element will be created. | undefined |click
| | Allows to display autocomplete on mouse clicks or perform some additional actions. | undefined |keyup
| | Allows to display autocomplete when a key is pressed that doesn't modify the content. | see code |
`javascript`
autocomplete({
onSelect: function(item, input) {
alert(item.value);
},
input: document.getElementById('myinput'),
minLength: 2,
emptyMsg: 'No elements found',
render: function(item, currentValue) {
var div = document.createElement('div');
div.textContent = item.label;
return div;
},
renderGroup: function(groupName, currentValue) {
var div = document.createElement('div');
div.textContent = groupName;
return div;
},
className: 'autocomplete-customizations',
fetch: function(text, callback, trigger, cursorPos) {
text = text.toLowerCase();
var suggestions = [{ label: 'United States', value: 'US' }];
callback(suggestions);
},
debounceWaitMs: 200,
customize: function(input, inputRect, container, maxHeight) {
...
},
preventSubmit: PreventSubmit.Always,
disableAutoSelect: true,
container: document.createElement('div'),
click: e => e.fetch(),
keyup: e => e.fetch()
});
You can use the following snippet to display autocomplete above the input field if there is not enough space for it.
`typescript`
autocomplete({
...,
customize: function(input, inputRect, container, maxHeight) {
if (maxHeight < 100) {
container.style.top = '';
container.style.bottom = (window.innerHeight - inputRect.bottom + input.offsetHeight) + 'px';
container.style.maxHeight = '200px';
}
}
});
If you don't want to pass this function every time, you can also use spread operator to create your own autocomplete version with default implementation:
`typescript`
export default function autocompleteCustomized
settings: AutocompleteSettings
): AutocompleteResult {
return autocomplete({
...settings,
customize: (
input: HTMLInputElement,
inputRect: ClientRect | DOMRect,
container: HTMLDivElement,
maxHeight: number
): void => {
if (maxHeight < 100) {
container.style.top = "";
container.style.bottom =
window.innerHeight - inputRect.bottom + input.offsetHeight + "px";
container.style.maxHeight = "200px";
}
},
});
}
You can call destroy method on the returned object in order to remove event handlers and DOM elements after usage:
`javascript`
var autocompl = autocomplete({
/ options /
});
autocompl.destroy();
You can display suggestions separated into one or multiple groups/categories:
`javascript
var countries = [
{ label: "Canada", value: "CA", group: "North America" },
{ label: "United States", value: "US", group: "North America" },
{ label: "Uzbekistan", value: "UZ", group: "Asia" },
];
autocomplete({
minLength: 1,
input: document.getElementById("country"),
fetch: function (text, update) {
text = text.toLowerCase();
var suggestions = countries.filter((n) =>
n.label.toLowerCase().startsWith(text)
);
update(suggestions);
},
onSelect: function (item) {
alert(item.value);
},
});
`
Note: Please make sure that all items are sorted by the group property.
The widget offers the ability to display an autocomplete when a user clicks on words or placeholders within a textbox:
`typescript``
function getWord(s, pos) {
const n = s.substring(pos).match(/^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+/)
const p = s.substring(0, pos).match(/[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+$/)
if (!p && !n) return ''
return (p || '') + (n || '')
}
autocomplete({
...,
fetch: function(text, update) {
text = getWord(text, input.selectionStart).toLowerCase();
var suggestions = countries.filter(n => n.label.toLowerCase().startsWith(text))
update(suggestions);
},
click: e => e.fetch()
});
Autocomplete is released under the MIT License.
Copyright (c) 2016 - Denis Taran
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