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@choc-ui/chakra-autocomplete

^{AutoComplete Component for the Chakra UI Library.}

npm i @choc-ui/chakra-autocomplete

Install

npm i --save @choc-ui/chakra-autocomplete
#or
yarn add @choc-ui/chakra-autocomplete

Preview

With Mouse

With Keyboard

Usage

Basic Usage

import { Flex, FormControl, FormHelperText, FormLabel } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import * as React from "react";
import {
  AutoComplete,
  AutoCompleteInput,
  AutoCompleteItem,
  AutoCompleteList,
} from "@choc-ui/chakra-autocomplete";

function App() {
  const countries = [
    "nigeria",
    "japan",
    "india",
    "united states",
    "south korea",
  ];

  return (
    <Flex pt="48" justify="center" align="center" w="full">
      <FormControl w="60">
        <FormLabel>Olympics Soccer Winner</FormLabel>
        <AutoComplete openOnFocus>
          <AutoCompleteInput variant="filled" />
          <AutoCompleteList>
            {countries.map((country, cid) => (
              <AutoCompleteItem
                key={`option-${cid}`}
                value={country}
                textTransform="capitalize"
              >
                {country}
              </AutoCompleteItem>
            ))}
          </AutoCompleteList>
        </AutoComplete>
        <FormHelperText>Who do you support.</FormHelperText>
      </FormControl>
    </Flex>
  );
}

export default App;

Creating Groups

You can create groups with the AutoCompleteGroup Component, and add a title with the AutoCompleteGroupTitle component.

import { Flex, FormControl, FormHelperText, FormLabel } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import * as React from "react";
import {
  AutoComplete,
  AutoCompleteGroup,
  AutoCompleteGroupTitle,
  AutoCompleteInput,
  AutoCompleteItem,
  AutoCompleteList,
} from "@choc-ui/chakra-autocomplete";

function App() {
  const continents = {
    africa: ["nigeria", "south africa"],
    asia: ["japan", "south korea"],
    europe: ["united kingdom", "russia"],
  };

  return (
    <Flex pt="48" justify="center" align="center" w="full">
      <FormControl w="60">
        <FormLabel>Olympics Soccer Winner</FormLabel>
        <AutoComplete openOnFocus>
          <AutoCompleteInput variant="filled" />
          <AutoCompleteList>
            {Object.entries(continents).map(([continent, countries], co_id) => (
              <AutoCompleteGroup key={co_id} showDivider>
                <AutoCompleteGroupTitle textTransform="capitalize">
                  {continent}
                </AutoCompleteGroupTitle>
                {countries.map((country, c_id) => (
                  <AutoCompleteItem
                    key={c_id}
                    value={country}
                    textTransform="capitalize"
                  >
                    {country}
                  </AutoCompleteItem>
                ))}
              </AutoCompleteGroup>
            ))}
          </AutoCompleteList>
        </AutoComplete>
        <FormHelperText>Who do you support.</FormHelperText>
      </FormControl>
    </Flex>
  );
}

export default App;

Accessing the internal state

To access the internal state of the AutoComplete, use a function as children (commonly known as a render prop). You'll get access to the internal state isOpen, with the onOpen and onClose methods.

import {
  Flex,
  FormControl,
  FormHelperText,
  FormLabel,
  Icon,
  InputGroup,
  InputRightElement,
} from "@chakra-ui/react";
import * as React from "react";
import {
  AutoComplete,
  AutoCompleteInput,
  AutoCompleteItem,
  AutoCompleteList,
} from "@choc-ui/chakra-autocomplete";
import { FiChevronRight, FiChevronDown } from "react-icons/fi";

function App() {
  const countries = [
    "nigeria",
    "japan",
    "india",
    "united states",
    "south korea",
  ];

  return (
    <Flex pt="48" justify="center" align="center" w="full">
      <FormControl w="60">
        <FormLabel>Olympics Soccer Winner</FormLabel>
        <AutoComplete openOnFocus>
          {({ isOpen }) => (
            <>
              <InputGroup>
                <AutoCompleteInput variant="filled" placeholder="Search..." />
                <InputRightElement
                  children={
                    <Icon as={isOpen ? FiChevronRight : FiChevronDown} />
                  }
                />
              </InputGroup>
              <AutoCompleteList>
                {countries.map((country, cid) => (
                  <AutoCompleteItem
                    key={`option-${cid}`}
                    value={country}
                    textTransform="capitalize"
                  >
                    {country}
                  </AutoCompleteItem>
                ))}
              </AutoCompleteList>
            </>
          )}
        </AutoComplete>
        <FormHelperText>Who do you support.</FormHelperText>
      </FormControl>
    </Flex>
  );
}

export default App;

Custom Rendering

You can Render whatever you want. The AutoComplete Items are regular Chakra Boxes.

import {
  Avatar,
  Flex,
  FormControl,
  FormHelperText,
  FormLabel,
  Text,
} from "@chakra-ui/react";
import * as React from "react";
import {
  AutoComplete,
  AutoCompleteInput,
  AutoCompleteItem,
  AutoCompleteList,
} from "@choc-ui/chakra-autocomplete";

function App() {
  const people = [
    { name: "Dan Abramov", image: "https://bit.ly/dan-abramov" },
    { name: "Kent Dodds", image: "https://bit.ly/kent-c-dodds" },
    { name: "Segun Adebayo", image: "https://bit.ly/sage-adebayo" },
    { name: "Prosper Otemuyiwa", image: "https://bit.ly/prosper-baba" },
    { name: "Ryan Florence", image: "https://bit.ly/ryan-florence" },
  ];

  return (
    <Flex pt="48" justify="center" align="center" w="full" direction="column">
      <FormControl id="email" w="60">
        <FormLabel>Olympics Soccer Winner</FormLabel>
        <AutoComplete openOnFocus>
          <AutoCompleteInput variant="filled" />
          <AutoCompleteList>
            {people.map((person, oid) => (
              <AutoCompleteItem
                key={`option-${oid}`}
                value={person.name}
                textTransform="capitalize"
                align="center"
              >
                <Avatar size="sm" name={person.name} src={person.image} />
                <Text ml="4">{person.name}</Text>
              </AutoCompleteItem>
            ))}
          </AutoCompleteList>
        </AutoComplete>
        <FormHelperText>Who do you support.</FormHelperText>
      </FormControl>
    </Flex>
  );
}

export default App;

Multi Select with Tags

Add the multiple prop to AutoComplete component, the AutoCompleteInput will now expose the tags in it's children function. The onChange prop now returns an array of the chosen values

Now you can map the tags with the AutoCompleteTag component or any other component of your choice. The label and the onRemove method are now exposed.

import { Flex, FormControl, FormHelperText, FormLabel } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import * as React from "react";
import {
  AutoComplete,
  AutoCompleteInput,
  AutoCompleteItem,
  AutoCompleteList,
  AutoCompleteTag,
} from "@choc-ui/chakra-autocomplete";

function App() {
  const countries = [
    "nigeria",
    "japan",
    "india",
    "united states",
    "south korea",
  ];

  return (
    <Flex pt="48" justify="center" align="center" w="full" direction="column">
      <FormControl id="email" w="60">
        <FormLabel>Olympics Soccer Winner</FormLabel>
        <AutoComplete openOnFocus multiple onChange={vals => console.log(vals)}>
          <AutoCompleteInput variant="filled">
            {({ tags }) =>
              tags.map((tag, tid) => (
                <AutoCompleteTag
                  key={tid}
                  label={tag.label}
                  onRemove={tag.onRemove}
                />
              ))
            }
          </AutoCompleteInput>
          <AutoCompleteList>
            {countries.map((country, cid) => (
              <AutoCompleteItem
                key={`option-${cid}`}
                value={country}
                textTransform="capitalize"
                _selected={{ bg: "whiteAlpha.50" }}
                _focus={{ bg: "whiteAlpha.100" }}
              >
                {country}
              </AutoCompleteItem>
            ))}
          </AutoCompleteList>
        </AutoComplete>
        <FormHelperText>Who do you support.</FormHelperText>
      </FormControl>
    </Flex>
  );
}

export default App;

Creatable Items

I know that title hardly expresses the point, but yeah, naming is tough. You might want your users to be able to add extra items when their options are not available in the provided options. e.g. adding a new tag to your Polywork profile.

First add the creatable prop to the AutoComplete component. Then add the AutoCompleteCreatable component to the bottom of the list. Refer to the references for more info on this component.

Loading State

Need to pull data from API, but don't want your users to see a blank screen? You can enable the loading state by passing the isLoading prop to AutoComplete. By doing this, 2 other props will be enabled

loadingIcon on AutoCompleteInput will display some sort of loading icon on the right side of the input. By default, a Spinner will be displayed, but you can pass in any custom element to be rendered
loadingState on AutoCompleteList can display custom loading content when isLoading is true. All content will be rendered in the center of the list. By default, a Spinner will be displayed, but you can pass in any custom element to be rendered.

Best practice is to combine setTimeout and useEffect to create a debounce effect. This will prevent un-necessary API calls if your user types relatively quickly.

A working code demo can be found here

Integration with Form Libraries

It is relatively easy to integrate with form libaries such as React Hook Form, Formik, and others. Working examples can be found in the demos folder of this repo. See the Contributing section of this doc on how to clone and set it up for testing.

Does your favorite form library not have a working example? Submit a PR to get it added and help others using this library quickly get up and running.

Autocomplete methods

Assign a ref to the AutoComplete component and call the available methods with:

ref.current?.resetItems();
ref.current?.removeItem(itemValue);

Codesandbox Link Here

API Reference

NB: Feel free to request any additional Prop in Issues.

AutoComplete

Wrapper and Provider for AutoCompleteInput and AutoCompleteList

AutoComplete composes Box so you can pass all Box props to change its style.

NB: None of the props passed to it are required.

Prop	Type	Description	Default
closeOnBlur	boolean	close suggestions when input is blurred	true
closeOnSelect	boolean	close suggestions when a suggestions is selected	true when multiple=false, false when multiple=true
creatable	boolean	Allow addition of arbitrary values not present in suggestions	false
defaultIsOpen	boolean	Suggestions list is open by default	false
prefocusFirstItem	boolean	Should prefocus first item intially, on query change, on open, and on filter out of current focused item	true
defaultValues	Array	Used to predefine tags, or value for the autocomplete component. Just pass an array of the values	———
disableFilter	boolean	disables filtering when set to true	false
emphasize	boolean \| SystemStyleObject	Highlight matching characters in suggestions, you can pass the styles - false	false
emptyState	boolean \| MaybeRenderProp<{ value: Item["value"] }>	render message when no suggestions match query	true
filter	(query: string, optionValue: Item["value"], optionLabel: Item["label"]) => boolean;	custom filter function	———
focusInputOnSelect	boolean	focus input after a suggestion is selected	true
freeSolo	boolean	allow entering of any arbitrary values	false
isReadOnly	boolean	Make the component read-only	false
isLoading	boolean	Display loading animation on both the input and list elements	false
listAllValuesOnFocus	boolean	Show all suggestions when user focuses the input, while it's not empty.	false
maxSelections	number	limit possible number of tag selections in multiple mode	———
maxSuggestions	number	limit number of suggestions in list	———
multiple	boolean	allow tags multi selection	false
onChange	(value: string \| Item["value"][], item: Item\| Item[]) => void	function to run whenever autocomplete value(s) changes	———
onSelectOption	(params: { item: Item; selectMethod: "mouse" \| "keyboard" \| null; isNewInput: boolean; }) => boolean \| void	method to call whenever a suggestion is selected	———
onOptionFocus	(params: { item: Item; focusMethod: "mouse" \| "keyboard" \| null; isNewInput: boolean; }) => boolean \| void	method to call whenever a suggestion is focused	———
onReady	(props:{tags:ItemTag[]}) => void	method that exposes variables used in component	———
onTagRemoved	(removedTag: Item["value"],item: Item, tags: Item["value"][]) => void	method to call whenever a tag is removed	———
openOnFocus	boolean	open suggestions when input is focuses	false
placement	PlacementWithLogical	where autocomplete list will display. Accepts any valid value from Popover component	bottom
restoreOnBlurIfEmpty	boolean	if false, clearing the value of the input field will also clear the selected option	true
rollNavigation	boolean	allow keyboard navigation to switch to alternate ends when one end is reached	false
selectOnFocus	boolean	select the text in input when it's focused	false
shouldRenderSuggestions	(value: string) => boolean	function to decide if suggestions should render, e.g. show suggestions only if there are at least two characters in the query value	———
submitKeys;	string[]	A list of KeyboardEvent: key values, except for the "Enter" key, that trigger the click event of the currently selected Item.	———
suggestWhenEmpty	boolean	show suggestions when input value is empty	false
value	any	value of the component in the controlled state	---

AutoCompleteTag

Tags for multiple mode

AutoCompleteTag composes Tag so you can pass all Tag props to change its style.

Prop	Type	Description	Required	Default
disabled	`string`	In the event that you need to lock certain tag so that they can't be removed in the interface, you can set the tags disabled.	No	———
label	`string`	Label that is displayed on the tag	Yes	———
onRemove	() => void	Method to remove the tag from selected values	Yes	———

AutoCompleteInput

Input for AutoComplete value.

AutoCompleteInput composes Input so you can pass all Input props to change its style.

Prop	Type	Description	Required	Default
children	type children = MaybeRenderProp<{ tags: Item & { onRemove: () => void }[]; }>;	callback that returns `ReactNode` and is provided with tags in `multiple` mode e.g. <AutoCompleteInput variant="filled"> {({ tags }) => tags.map((tag, tid) => ( <AutoCompleteTag key={tid} label={tag.label} onRemove={tag.onRemove} /> )) } </AutoCompleteInput>	No	———
ref	RefObject<HTMLInputElement>	provides a ref to the input element so the value can be referenced in additional contexts	No	———
hidePlaceholder	boolean	hides the placeholder when children is not an empty array. intended usage for <AutoComplete multiple creatable />	No	false
loadingIcon	`React.ReactNode \| JSX`	Element that will be displayed when isLoading is true	No	Spinner from Chakra-UI

AutoCompleteList

Wrapper for AutoCompleteGroup and AutoCompleteItem

AutoCompleteList composes Box so you can pass all Box props to change its style.

Prop	Type	Description	Required	Default
loadingState	React.ReactNode \| JSX	Content displayed in list while isLoading is true. Content will be centered	No	Spinner from Chakra-UI with an md size

AutoCompleteGroup

Wrapper for collections of AutoCompleteItems

AutoCompleteGroup composes Box so you can pass all Box props to change its style.

Prop	Type	Description	Required	Default
showDivider	boolean	If true, a divider is shown	No	false
dividerColor	string	Color for divider, if present	No	inherit

AutoCompleteItem

This Composes your suggestions

AutoCompleteItem composes Flex so you can pass all Flex props to change its style.

Prop	Type	Description	Required	Default
getValue	(value:any) => any	A method used to determine the key that holds the value, when the value prop is an object	no	val => val;
label	string	The label for the Option	no	———
value	string or Object	The value of the Option	yes	———
fixed	`boolean`	Make an item visible at all times, regardless of filtering or maxSuggestions	No	———
_fixed	SystemStyleObject	Styles for fixed Itemm	No	{ fontWeight: 'extrabold', }
value	string	The value of the Option	yes	———
disabled	`boolean`	Make an item disabled, so it cannot be selected	No	———
_disabled	SystemStyleObject	Styles for disabled Item(s)	No	{ fontWeight: 'extrabold', }
_selected	SystemStyleObject	Styles for selected Item(s)	No	{ fontWeight: 'extrabold', }
_focus	SystemStyleObject	Styles for focused Item	No	{ fontWeight: 'extrabold', }

AutoCompleteCreatable

Used with the AutoComplete component's creatable prop, to allow users enter arbitrary values, not available in the provided options.

AutoCompleteCreatable composes Flex so you can pass all Flex props to change its style.

It also accepts a function as its children prop which is provided with the current inputValue.

Prop	Type	Description	Required	Default
children	type children = MaybeRenderProp<{ value: any }>;	`ReactNode` or callback that returns `ReactNode` e.g. <AutoCompleteCreatable> {({ value }) => <span>Add {value} to List</span>} </AutoCompleteCreatable>	No	———
alwaysDisplay	boolean;	When true, `AutoCompleteCreatable` is shown even when the `AutoCompleteInput` is empty	No	———

Contribute

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/anubra266/choc-autocomplete.git

Install all dependencies (with yarn)

yarn

Install package example dependencies (with yarn)

cd example
yarn

Start the package server, and the example server

# root directory
yarn start

# example directory with (cd example)
yarn dev

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