@browser.style/auto-suggest v1.0.15

AutoSuggest

A customizable web component that provides search input with auto-suggest functionality, supporting both datalist and popover list modes.

Installation

npm install @browser.style/auto-suggest

Usage

import '@browser.style/auto-suggest';

<!-- Basic usage with datalist -->
<auto-suggest
  api="https://api.example.com/search?q="
  api-value-path="id"
  api-display-path="name"
  label="Search"
  placeholder="Type to search">
</auto-suggest>

<!-- Using popover list mode -->
<auto-suggest
  api="https://api.example.com/search?q="
  api-value-path="id"
  api-display-path="name"
  label="Search"
  list-mode="ul"
  placeholder="Type to search">
</auto-suggest>

Attributes

• api (required): API endpoint for fetching suggestions
• api-value-path: Path to value in API response
• api-display-path: Path to display text in API response
• api-text-path: Path to additional text in API response
• api-array-path: Path to array in nested API response
• cache: Enable result caching (true/false)
• debounce: Debounce time in ms (default: 300)
• display: Initial display value
• invalid: Custom validation message
• label: Input label
• list-mode: Display mode ('datalist' or 'ul')
• minlength: Min. characters before search (default: 3)
• noform: Exclude from form submission
• nolimit: Allow free text input
• value: Initial value

Events

• autoSuggestSelect: Option selected
• autoSuggestClear: Input cleared
• autoSuggestFetchStart: Fetch started
• autoSuggestFetchEnd: Fetch completed
• autoSuggestFetchError: Fetch failed
• autoSuggestNoResults: No results found
• autoSuggestNoSelection: Enter pressed (requires nolimit)

Form Integration

The component integrates with forms and provides both value and displayValue:

<form>
  <auto-suggest
    name="search"
    api="https://api.example.com/search?q="
    api-value-path="id"
    api-display-path="name">
  </auto-suggest>
</form>

Access form values:

const form = document.querySelector('form');
const suggest = form.elements.search;
console.log(suggest.value); // Selected value
console.log(suggest.displayValue); // Display text