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Cameron
Cameron

Reputation: 28803

Stop AngularJS Instant Search

I have built a simple search form in my AngularJS app, that as you type uses the built in filter magic of angular to filter a list of phones. I've wrapped mine in a form as when the user submits the form it ALSO does the filter, but creates a query string so you can navigate away from the list and return etc.

HTML: 

<form class="form-search" ng-submit="$parent.queryChanged()">
        <div class="control-group">
                <label class="control-label" for="filter">Filter:</label>
                <div class="controls">
                        <input name="q" ng-model="$parent.query" id="filter" type="text">
                </div>
        </div>
</form>

JS:

phonecatControllers.controller('PhoneListCtrl', ['$scope', 'Phone', '$location',
        function($scope, Phone, $location) {
                $scope.query = $location.search()['q'];
                $scope.queryChanged = function () {
                        $location.search('q', $scope.query)
                }
                $scope.phones = Phone.query();
                $scope.orderProp = 'age';
        }]);

What I want to do is disable the instant search, so the user ONLY submits the form and never gets the results on keyup alone. How do I do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 179

Answers (1)

Hugo Wood
Hugo Wood

Reputation: 2260

Use 2 different variables for the ng-model of the input (ng-model="$parent.query") and the parameter of the filter (| filter:filterQuery). This will make the input and the filter unrelated to each other. Then when the form is submitted (in queryChanged), update the filter parameter with the value of the ng-model ($scope.filterQuery = $scope.query).

Upvotes: 1

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