react-input-datalist v5.0.0

react-input-datalist

Implementation of HTML5 input/datalist combination as a React component.

Installation

npm install react-input-datalist

Usage

var Input = require('react-input-datalist');
var datalist = [ /* ... */ ];

var Toolbar = React.createClass({
    render: function() {
        return <Input
            datalist={ datalist }
            onChange={ function(value) { this.setState({ value: value }); } }
            value={ this.state.value } />;
    },
    // ... 
});

Make sure to include react-input-datalist.css in your stylesheet. Feel free to override or amend default styles.

Properties

The properties listed below can be used to configure the component itself. All other properties, except for onChange and className will be applied to the input element inside this component, e.g. placeholder or type.

props.onChange

Required, callback that will receive value of the input once it changes.

props.value

Required, current value of the input.

props.datalist

Array of strings – available options

props.onEnter

Callback that will be fired when Enter key is pressed, receives event object as first argument. Useful to prevent automatic form submission on suggestion select.

props.minLength

Minimum value length after which suggestions list is shown.

props.maxOptions

Maximum number of suggestions shown in the dropdown. Defaults to 5.

props.predicate

Predicate function that decides which suggestions match the current value. Receives suggestion text as first argument and current value as second. Defaults to:

function contains(string, substring) {
    return string.indexOf(substring) !== -1;
}