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:

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:

myElement.requestFocus();

Parameters:

  • {Boolean} [mustExecuteOnFocusGainedMethod] If false will not execute the onFocusGained method; the default value is true



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