Type Ahead
(part of package 'Bootstrap Components') Extends designtime/SolutionModel: JSWebComponent Extends runtime: RuntimeWebComponent
TypeAhead is an input component that provides auto-complete suggestions as the user types. It leverages a value list to display options and allows selection of a suggested value.
This is a reference page; many components have detailed usage guides here.
Properties
appendToBody
Flag indicating whether the typeahead dropdown is appended to the document body. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
dataProviderID
Bound data provider identifier for the typeahead's value. Type: Dataprovider
editable
Flag indicating whether the typeahead is editable. Type: Protected Default Value: true
enabled
Flag indicating whether the typeahead component is enabled for user interaction. Type: Enabled Default Value: true
filteringDebounce
Debounce interval (in milliseconds) for filtering input in the typeahead. Type: Number Default Value: 500
format
Format string used to display and parse the typeahead value. Type: Format
placeholderText
Placeholder text displayed when no value is selected. Type: Tagstring
selectOnEnter
Flag indicating whether the entire text should be selected when the Enter key is pressed. Type: Boolean
showAs
Option typeahead options are shown as plain text or sanitized html. Type: String Default Value: "html"
styleClass
Set the styleclasses that should be applied at to this component Type: Styleclass Default Value: "form-control"
tabSeq
Tab sequence order for keyboard navigation. Type: Tabseq
toolTipText
Tooltip text displayed when hovering over the typeahead component. Type: Tagstring
valuelistConfig
Configuration options for the typeahead's value list. Type: ValuelistConfig
valuelistID
Identifier for the value list that provides the available options for the typeahead. Type: Valuelist Default Value: "autoVL"
visible
Whether the button is visible or not Type: Visible
Events
onActionMethodID(event)
Fired when the typeahead action is triggered (for example, when an option is selected).
Parameters:
{JSEvent} event The event object containing details about the action event e.g. target element, selected option
onDataChangeMethodID(oldValue,newValue,event)
Handle changed data, return false if the value should not be accepted. JSEvent.data will contain extra information about dataproviderid, its scope and the scope id (record datasource or form/global variable scope)
Parameters:
{${dataproviderType}} oldValue The previous value from the data provider
{${dataproviderType}} newValue The new value to be set in the data provider
{JSEvent} event The event object associated with the data change
Returns: {Boolean}
onFocusGainedMethodID(event)
Fired when the typeahead component gains focus.
Parameters:
{JSEvent} event The event object containing details about the focus gained event e.g. target element, timestamp
onFocusLostMethodID(event)
Fired when the typeahead component loses focus.
Parameters:
{JSEvent} event The event object containing details about the focus lost event e.g. target element, timestamp
API
requestFocus(mustExecuteOnFocusGainedMethod)
Request the focus to this typeahead.
Example:
Parameters:
{Boolean} [mustExecuteOnFocusGainedMethod] If false will not execute the onFocusGained method; the default value is true
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