AutoComplete openOnFocus new option
AutoComplete openOnFocus new option
keith.abramo
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I'm using the datatable editor autoComplete field type plugin. Often times, I want to have the autocomplete open as soon as I focus. I updated the 'create' function to look for a new option called 'openOnFocus' in the plugin located here https://editor.datatables.net/plug-ins/field-type/editor.autoComplete to look like this:
create: function ( conf ) {
conf._input = $('<input type="text" id="'+conf.id+'">')
.autocomplete( conf.opts || {} );
//Jquery UI default minlength
var defaultOptsMinLength = 1;
// Decide if a min length was passed in. If not, use default.
var minLength = conf.opts && conf.opts.minLength;
if (minLength == null) {
minLength = defaultOptsMinLength;
}
if (conf.openOnFocus && conf._input.val().length >= minLength) {
// Search and display results as soon as focus is detected on input
conf._input.focus(function () {
$(this).data("uiAutocomplete").search($(this).val());
});
}
return conf._input[0];
},
Would this be something we could get added to the plugin? How do we request changes to the code? Is that a thing datatables is open to? I'm not sure where else to post this change request.
Thanks!
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Modified code slightly:
Hi,
I don't see an option for auto show in the jQuery UI AutoComplete documentation. It looks like applying a search like in your second post is probably as good as it gets.
Allan