Search on filtering in Angular Drop down list component

27 Apr 20243 minutes to read

The following example demonstrates about how to set limit the search result on filtering.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
import { DropDownListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns'
import { ButtonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'



import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { Query, DataManager, ODataV4Adaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';
import { FilteringEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns';
import { EmitType } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

@Component({
imports: [
        FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule, DropDownListModule, ButtonModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    // specifies the template string for the DropDownList component with change event
    template: `<ejs-dropdownlist id='ddlelement' #samples [dataSource]='data' [query]='query' [fields]='fields' [placeholder]='text' [allowFiltering]='true' [sortOrder]='sorting' (filtering)='onFiltering($event)'></ejs-dropdownlist>`
})
export class AppComponent {
    constructor() {
    }
    //bind the DataManager instance to dataSource property
    public data: DataManager = new DataManager({
        url: 'https://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/',
        adaptor: new ODataV4Adaptor,
        crossDomain: true
    });
    public query: Query = new Query().from('Customers').select(['ContactName', 'CustomerID']).take(6);
    // maps the appropriate column to fields property
    public fields: Object = { text: 'ContactName', value: 'CustomerID' };
    // set the placeholder to the DropDownList input
    public text: string = "Select a customer";
    //sort the result items
    public sorting: string = 'Ascending';
    //Bind the filter event
    public onFiltering: EmitType<FilteringEventArgs>  =  (e: FilteringEventArgs) => {
        // load overall data when search key empty.
        if (e.text === '') {
            e.updateData(this.data);
        } else {
          // set limit as 4 to search result
          let query: Query = new Query().from('Customers').select(['ContactName', 'CustomerID']).take(4);
          query = (e.text !== '') ? query.where('ContactName', 'startswith', e.text, true) : query;
          e.updateData(this.data, query);
        }
    };
}

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));