Filtering in Vue Multi select component
16 Mar 202418 minutes to read
The MultiSelect has built-in support to filter data items when allowFiltering is enabled. The filter operation starts as soon as you start typing characters in the MultiSelect input.
To display filtered items in the popup, filter the required data and return it to the MultiSelect via updateData method by using the filtering event.
To filter the Vue MultiSelect dropdown items, you can check on this video:
The following sample illustrates how to query the data source and pass the data to the MultiSelect through the updateData method in filtering event.
<template>
<div id="app">
<div id='container' style="margin:50px auto 0; width:250px;">
<br>
<ejs-multiselect id='multiselect' popupHeight="250px" :allowFiltering='allowFiltering' :filtering='filtering' :dataSource='searchData' :fields='fields' placeholder="Select a country"></ejs-multiselect>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { MultiSelectPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";
Vue.use(MultiSelectPlugin);
import { Query } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';
export default {
data (){
return {
searchData : [
{ Index: "s1", Country: "California" }, { Index: "s2", Country: "Florida" },
{ Index: "s3", Country: "Alaska" }, { Index: "s4", Country: "Georgia" }
],
fields : { text: "Country", value: "Index" },
allowFiltering : true
}
},
methods: {
filtering: function(args) {
var searchData = [
{ Index: "s1", Country: "California" }, { Index: "s2", Country: "Florida" },
{ Index: "s3", Country: "Alaska" }, { Index: "s4", Country: "Georgia" }
];
var query = new Query();
//frame the query based on search string with filter type.
query = (args.text != "") ? query.where("Country", "startswith", args.text, true) : query;
//pass the filter data source, filter query to updateData method.
args.updateData(searchData, query);
}
}
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
</style>Limit the minimum filter character
When filtering the list items, you can set the limit for character count to raise remote request and fetch filtered data on the MultiSelect. This can be done by manual validation within the filter event handler.
In the following example, the remote request does not fetch the search data until the search key contains three characters.
<template>
<div id="app">
<div id='container' style="margin:50px auto 0; width:250px;">
<br>
<ejs-multiselect id='multiselect' sortOrder='Ascending' popupHeight="250px" :allowFiltering='allowFiltering' :filtering='filtering' :dataSource='searchData' :fields='fields' placeholder="Select a customer"></ejs-multiselect>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { MultiSelectPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";
Vue.use(MultiSelectPlugin);
import { Query, DataManager, ODataV4Adaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';
export default {
data (){
return {
searchData : new DataManager({
url: 'https://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/Customers',
adaptor: new ODataV4Adaptor,
crossDomain: true
}),
fields : { text: 'ContactName', value: 'CustomerID' },
query : new Query().select(['ContactName', 'CustomerID']).take(6),
allowFiltering : true
}
},
methods: {
filtering: function(e) {
var searchData = new DataManager({
url: 'https://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/Customers',
adaptor: new ODataV4Adaptor,
crossDomain: true
});
// load overall data when search key empty.
if (e.text == '') e.updateData(searchData);
else {
// restrict the remote request until search key contains 3 characters.
if (e.text.length < 3) { return; }
var query = new Query().select(['ContactName', 'CustomerID']);
query = (e.text !== '') ? query.where('ContactName', 'startswith', e.text, true) : query;
e.updateData(searchData, query);
}
}
}
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
</style>Change the filter type
While filtering, you can change the filter type to contains, startsWith, or endsWith for string type within the filter event handler.
In the following examples, data filtering is done with endsWith type.
<template>
<div id="app">
<div id='container' style="margin:50px auto 0; width:250px;">
<br>
<ejs-multiselect id='multiselect' sortOrder='Ascending' popupHeight="250px" :allowFiltering='allowFiltering' :filtering='filtering' :dataSource='searchData' :query='query' :fields='fields' placeholder="Select a customer"></ejs-multiselect>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { MultiSelectPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";
Vue.use(MultiSelectPlugin);
import { Query, DataManager, ODataV4Adaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';
export default {
data (){
return {
searchData : new DataManager({
url: 'https://js.syncfusion.com/demos/ejServices/Wcf/Northwind.svc/Suppliers',
crossDomain: true
}),
fields : { text: "ContactName", key: "SupplierID" },
query : new Query().select(["SupplierID", "ContactName"]).take(6),
allowFiltering : true
}
},
methods: {
filtering: function(e) {
var searchData = new DataManager({
url: 'https://js.syncfusion.com/demos/ejServices/Wcf/Northwind.svc/Suppliers',
crossDomain: true
});
if (e.text == '') e.updateData(searchData);
else {
var query = new Query().select(["SupplierID", "ContactName"]);
query = (e.text !== '') ? query.where('ContactName', 'endswith', e.text, true) : query;
e.updateData(searchData, query);
}
}
}
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
</style>Case sensitive filtering
Data items can be filtered either with or without case sensitivity using the DataManager. This can be done by passing the fourth optional parameter of the where clause.
The following example shows how to perform case-sensitive filter.
<template>
<div id="app">
<div id='container' style="margin:50px auto 0; width:250px;">
<br>
<ejs-multiselect id='multiselect' sortOrder='Ascending' :allowFiltering='allowFiltering' :filtering='filtering' :dataSource='sportsData' :fields='fields' placeholder="Select a game"></ejs-multiselect>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { MultiSelectPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";
Vue.use(MultiSelectPlugin);
import { Query } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';
export default {
data (){
return {
sportsData : [
{ id: 'game1', sports: 'Badminton' },
{ id: 'game2', sports: 'Tennis' },
{ id: 'game3', sports: 'Football' }
],
fields : { text: 'sports', value: 'id' }
allowFiltering : true,
}
},
methods: {
filtering: function(e) {
var sportsData = [
{ id: 'game1', sports: 'Badminton' },
{ id: 'game2', sports: 'Tennis' },
{ id: 'game3', sports: 'Football' }
];
if (e.text == '') e.updateData(sportsData);
else {
var query = new Query().select(["sports", "id"]);
//enable the case sensitive filtering by passing false to 4th parameter.
query = (e.text !== '') ? query.where('sports', 'startsWith', e.text, false) : query;
e.updateData(sportsData, query);
}
}
}
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
</style>Diacritics Filtering
MultiSelect supports diacritics filtering which will ignore the diacritics and makes it easier to filter the results in international characters lists when the ignoreAccent is enabled.
In the following sample,data with diacritics are bound as dataSource for MultiSelect.
<template>
<div id="app">
<div id='container' style="margin:15px auto 0; width:250px;">
<br>
<ejs-multiselect id='multiselect' :dataSource='diacriticsData' :ignoreAccent="ignoreAccent" :allowFiltering='allowFiltering' placeholder="e.g: aero"></ejs-multiselect>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { MultiSelectPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";
Vue.use(MultiSelectPlugin);
export default {
data (){
return {
diacriticsData : [
'Aeróbics',
'Aeróbics en Agua',
'Aerografía',
'Aeromodelaje',
'Águilas',
'Ajedrez',
'Ala Delta',
'Álbumes de Música',
'Alusivos',
'Análisis de Escritura a Mano'
],
ignoreAccent : true,
allowFiltering : true
}
}
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
</style>