If I were to want to do an autocomplete for a collection, what would be the best way? I'd like to see if a search string is in any (or a select few) attributes in my model.
I was thinking something like...
this.collection.filter(function(model) {
return model.values().contains($('input.search]').val());
})
Edit I'm sorry, I must not have explained it well enough. If I have a collection with attributes...
[
{ first: 'John', last: 'Doe'},
{ first: 'Mary', last: 'Jane'}
]
I want to type in a
into my search, catch the keyup event, and filter out { first: 'Mary', last: 'Jane'}
, as neither John nor Doe contains an a
.
You can look at the model's attributes
to do something like this...
var search = $('input.search]').val();
this.collection.filter(function(model) {
return _.any(model.attributes, function(val, attr) {
// do your comparison of the value here, whatever you need
return ~val.indexOf(search);
});;
});