Autofill in EJ2 JavaScript Auto complete control
2 May 20234 minutes to read
The AutoComplete supports the autofill behavior with the help of autofill
property. Whenever you change the input value, the AutoComplete will autocomplete your data by matching the typed character. Suppose, if no matches found then, AutoComplete doesn’t suggest any item.
In the below sample, showcase that how to work autofill
with AutoComplete.
let searchData = [
{ 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 = new ej.dropdowns.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 autofill property to fill a first matched value in input when press a down key
autofill: 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/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="margin:0 auto; width:250px;">
<input type="text" tabindex="1" id="atcelement">
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>