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Reputation: 5153

Semantic ui dropdown, prevent auto select with input element

I added an option to the dropdown that allows user to add item if it doesn't exist.

For that matter, I added an input field to the dropdown but when the user enters something, the dropdown tries to match the entered text with items that are already in the list.

I find it quite annoying in that specific case. I have noticed in the docs that input elements are bound to the search function. Nevertheless, I couldn't find how to disable this behaviour.

Here's the HTML:

<div class="ui fluid selection dropdown playlist">
    <input name="playlist" type="hidden">
    <i class="dropdown icon"></i>

    <div class="default text">playlist</div>

    <div class="menu">
        <div class="item create" data-value="0">
            <span class="create-placeholder">+ new playlist</span>

            <div class="ui action input add-playlist">
                <input placeholder="new playlist">
                <button class="ui button">Add</button>
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="item" data-value="1">foo</div>
        <div class="item" data-value="2">bar</div>
        <div class="item" data-value="3">baz</div>
    </div>
</div>

The .add-playlist div and its content are not shown but I'm willing to spare you with the CSS here.

And the js:

$dropdown = $('.ui.dropdown');

$dropdown.dropdown({
    action: (text, val) => {
        if (val == 0) { // eslint-disable-line
            $('.create-placeholder').hide(100);
            $('.add-playlist').css('display', 'inline-flex');
            $('.add-playlist input, .add-playlist button').show(200);
        }

        else $dropdown.dropdown('set selected', val).dropdown('hide');
    },
    onHide: () => {
        // do that after dropdown has been hidden
        setTimeout(() => {
            $('.add-playlist, .add-playlist input, .add-playlist button').hide();
            $('.create-placeholder').show();
        }, 400);
    }
});

I've set up a fiddle to have a clear exemple. Just type "foo" and you'll see what I mean in case it's not crystal clear.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2588

Answers (1)

Yassine Sedrani
Yassine Sedrani

Reputation: 774

To allow user to add new items just add allowAdditions: True To dropdown options, for more informtions see semantic-ui dropdown settings

Example:

$('dropdownSelector').dropdown({ allowAdditions: True }).dropdown();

Upvotes: 0

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