ng2-auto-complete

Angular2 Auto Complete

Below are plunks for different scenarios:

Template Driven Forms

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

Reactive Forms

FormGroup http://plnkr.co/edit/2XRrck2cWVWcvbJnj6z5?p=preview issue #49

FormControl http://plnkr.co/edit/WfgdcHLc8KDvsI2G2tHw?p=preview issue #100

Material Design

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

Obervable Source

http://plnkr.co/edit/0C7vGDnhCKuMC5k2m2lR?p=preview&open=app%2Fapp.component.ts

List Formatter Example

http://plnkr.co/edit/T5K1faYzb0LeSD9IttxE&open=app/app.component.ts http://plnkr.co/edit/0QFYFHMmCAFmhbYAGQl7?p=preview (With custom css)

Install

install ng2-auto-complete

 $ npm install ng2-auto-complete --save

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

 map['ng2-auto-complete'] = 'node_modules/ng2-auto-complete/dist';
 packages['ng2-auto-complete'] = { main: 'ng2-auto-complete.umd.js', defaultExtension: 'js' }

import Ng2AutoCompleteModule to your AppModule

 import { Ng2AutoCompleteModule } from 'ng2-auto-complete';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [BrowserModule, FormsModule, Ng2AutoCompleteModule],
   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.

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 Angular2. 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.

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]}) ${data[name]`;
    }
```
path-to-data, string, e.g., data.myList, path to array data in http response
min-chars, number, when source is remote data, the number of character to see dropdown list
display-property-name, string, key name of text to show. default is value
select-value-of, string, when selected, return the value of this key as a selected item
blank-option-text, string, guide text to allow empty value to be selected as in empty value of option tag.
no-match-found-text, string, guide text to show no result found.
valueChanged / ngModelChange, callback function that is executed when a new dropdown is selected. e.g. (valueChanged)="myCallback($event)"
loading-text, text to be displayed when loading. Default, "Loading"
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.
max-num-list number, maximun 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
match-formatted boolean, if true, keyword will be matched against list values formatted with list-formatter, instead of raw objects. Default is false

For Developers

To start

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

List of available npm tasks

npm run : List all available tasks
npm start: Run app directory for development using webpack-dev-server with port 9001
npm run clean: Remove dist folder
npm run lint: Lint TypeScript code
npm run build:ngc: build ES module
npm run build:umd: Build UMD module ng2-map.umd.js
npm run build:app: Build app/build/app.js for runnable examples
npm run build: Build all(clean, build:ngc, build:umc, and build:app)