The problem I'm having is the following: the behaviour I need is, when an option is selected from the autocomplete input, it should add a chip to the Angular Material Chips component (which it does) and it should also clear the autocomplete input, so I can then select another option.
This is my html:
<div class="col-md-6">
<md-form-field>
<input type="text" placeholder="Categoría" aria-label="Categoría" mdInput [mdAutocomplete]="auto" [formControl]="categoryCtrl">
<md-autocomplete #auto="mdAutocomplete" (optionSelected)="selectCategory($event)">
<md-option *ngFor="let category of filteredCategories | async" [value]="category.name">
{{ category.name }}
</md-option>
</md-autocomplete>
</md-form-field>
</div>
This is my TypeScript code:
constructor(private placeService: PlaceService, private categoryService: CategoryService) {
this.categoryCtrl = new FormControl();
this.filteredCategories = this.categoryCtrl.valueChanges
.startWith('')
.map(category => category ? this.filterCategories(category) : this.categories.slice());
}
filterCategories(name: string) {
return this.categories.filter(category => category.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(name.toLowerCase()) === 0);
}
selectCategory(category: any) {
const index = this.selectedCategories.indexOf(category.option.value);
if (index === -1) {
this.selectedCategories.push(category.option.value)
}
}
I've checked the Angular Material documentation and I haven't found a method to do this.
Thanks.
I think you're close, it looks like the only missing piece is resetting the form control value in selectCategory
. This is how
we accomplished it in our own app, but it's effectively the same thing:
/** Reference to the autocomplete trigger. */
@ViewChild(MdAutocompleteTrigger)
private trigger: MdAutocompleteTrigger;
/** Form control for the input. */
searchControl = new FormControl('');
ngAfterViewInit() {
// Clear the input and emit when a selection is made
this.trigger.autocomplete.optionSelected
.map(event => event.option)
.subscribe(option => {
// This may or may not be needed, depending on your purposes
option.deselect();
// Emit the selection (so parent component can add chip)
this.selection.emit(option.value);
// Reset the value of the input
this.searchControl.setValue('');
});
}
Whenever you select a value, there will be a brief "flash" of the selected text. To avoid this,
you can use the displayWith
property to just display selected values as empty:
<md-autocomplete #auto="mdAutocomplete" [displayWith]="displayNull">
...
</md-autocomplete>
/** Display function for selected autocomplete values. */
displayNull(value) {
return null;
}
Here my approach
in template
...
<md-autocomplete #auto="mdAutocomplete" [displayWith]="displayNull" (optionSelected)="selectHandler($event)">
...
in component.ts
public selectHandler(event : MdAutocompleteSelectedEvent) : void
{
event.option.deselect()
this.doStuffWith(event.option.value)
}
public displayNull()
{
return null
}
Came across this solution, but I didn't like the displayNull
fix.
My solution looks similar to this:
component.html:
<input matInput [matAutocomplete]="auto" (input)="filter($event.target.value)" #autoInput>
<mat-autocomplete #auto [displayWith]="displayKey" (optionSelected)="emit($event, autoInput)">
// ...
</mat-autocomplete>
component.ts:
@Output() optionSelected = new EventEmitter<MatAutocompleteSelectedEvent>();
emit(event: MatAutocompleteSelectedEvent, ele: HTMLInputElement) {
ele.value = '';
ele.blur();
this.filter('');
this.optionSelected.emit(event);
}