THE SITUATION
Hello guys! I am using Angular ui-select for my app in order to select users from a database. Using Tagging is possible to enter a new entry in the event the user is not present in the list.
By writing the name and pressing ENTER or TAB the new entry is saved as a new tag.
Everything is working fine except one little thing: if i focus out with the mouse i lose the input i have entered, and this is not quite user-friendly.
CODE
<h3>Array of objects</h3>
<ui-select multiple tagging tagging-label="new tag" ng-model="multipleDemo.selectedPeople" theme="select2" ng-disabled="disabled" style="width: 800px;">
<ui-select-match placeholder="Select person...">{{$item.name}} <{{$item.email}}></ui-select-match>
<ui-select-choices repeat="person in people | propsFilter: {name: $select.search, age: $select.search}">
<div ng-bind-html="person.name | highlight: $select.search"></div>
<small>
email: {{person.email}}
age: <span ng-bind-html="''+person.age | highlight: $select.search"></span>
</small>
</ui-select-choices>
</ui-select>
<p>Selected: {{multipleDemo.selectedPeople}}</p>
PLUNKER
http://plnkr.co/edit/7fSAKmj3pLeeTaid4pMH?p=preview
QUESTION
How can i manage to save the input text as a new tag, not only by pressing ENTER, but also by focusing out with the mouse?
Thank you very much!
I have forked the ui-select and enabled this functionality by adding a tag-on-blur='true' to the ui-select directive in your html. If you want you can use my repository while I wait for my pull request to be merged.
https://github.com/mattmcardle/ui-select/tree/tag_on_blur
If you were to use my fork and wanted to enable tagging on blur, your HTML code would look like this:
<h3>Array of objects</h3>
<ui-select multiple tagging tagging-label="new tag" tag-on-blur="true" ng-model="multipleDemo.selectedPeople" theme="select2" ng-disabled="disabled" style="width: 800px;">
<ui-select-match placeholder="Select person...">{{$item.name}} <{{$item.email}}></ui-select-match>
<ui-select-choices repeat="person in people | propsFilter: {name: $select.search, age: $select.search}">
<div ng-bind-html="person.name | highlight: $select.search"></div>
<small>
email: {{person.email}}
age: <span ng-bind-html="''+person.age | highlight: $select.search"></span>
</small>
</ui-select-choices>
</ui-select>
<p>Selected: {{multipleDemo.selectedPeople}}</p>
Just create a directive. This handles the click outside tab and enter.
angular.module('module')
.directive('tagOnBlur', function($timeout) {
return {
require: 'uiSelect',
link: function(scope, elm, attrs, ctrl) {
scope.isTab = false;
ctrl.searchInput.bind("keydown keypress", function (event) {
if(event.which === 9 || event.which === 13) {
event.preventDefault();
scope.isTab = true;
}
});
ctrl.bind('click', function (event) {
scope.isTab = true;
});
ctrl.searchInput.on('blur', function() {
if (scope.isTab){
scope.isTab = false;
return;
}
if ((ctrl.items.length > 0 || ctrl.tagging.isActivated)) {
$timeout(function() {
ctrl.searchInput.triggerHandler('tagged');
var newItem = ctrl.search;
if ( ctrl.tagging.fct ) {
newItem = ctrl.tagging.fct( newItem );
}
if (newItem) ctrl.select(newItem, true);
});
}
});
}
};
});