Custom search in EJ2 TypeScript Auto complete control

2 May 20234 minutes to read

The AutoComplete has built-in support to highlight the searched characters on suggested list items when enabled the highlight property.

In the below sample, to customize the matched character in suggestion list by e-highlight class.

import { AutoComplete } from '@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns';

//define the array of complex data
let searchData: { [key: string]: Object; }[] = [
    { Name: 'Australia', Code: 'AU' },
    { Name: 'Bermuda', Code: 'BM' },
    { Name: 'Canada', Code: 'CA' },
    { Name: 'Cameroon', Code: 'CM' },
    { Name: 'Denmark', Code: 'DK' },
    { Name: 'France', Code: 'FR' },
    { Name: 'Finland', Code: 'FI' },
    { Name: 'Germany', Code: 'DE' },
    { Name: 'Greenland', Code: 'GL' },
    { Name: 'Hong Kong', Code: 'HK' },
    { Name: 'India', Code: 'IN' },
    { Name: 'Italy', Code: 'IT' },
    { Name: 'Japan', Code: 'JP' },
    { Name: 'Mexico', Code: 'MX' },
    { Name: 'Norway', Code: 'NO' },
    { Name: 'Poland', Code: 'PL' },
    { Name: 'Switzerland', Code: 'CH' },
    { Name: 'United Kingdom', Code: 'GB' },
    { Name: 'United States', Code: 'US' }];

//initiates the component
let atcObject: AutoComplete = new AutoComplete({
    // bind the country data to dataSource property
    dataSource: searchData,
    // maps the appropriate column to fields property
    fields: { value: "Name" },
    //set the placeholder to AutoComplete input
    placeholder: "Find a country",
     //enable the highlight property to highlight the matched character in suggestion list
    highlight: true
});
atcObject.appendTo('#atcelement');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 AutoComplete</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container' style="margin:0 auto; width:250px;">
        <input type="text" tabindex="1" id='atcelement' />
    </div>
</body>

</html>