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typeahead.js. How do I capture the suggestions list?

I am using typeahead.js. I see no event handler that would let me capture the subset of my dataset suggested by a given query. Is there no way to get the actual subset of rows from my dataset?

Solution

  • You could use the typeahead:rendered event. It passes all shown items as objects in the arguments array. The event is fired immediately after the list of suggestions is shown ...

    .on('typeahead:rendered', function() { 
    var array = [], i = 1;
    for (i; i<arguments.length; i++) {
       array.push(arguments[i].value) 
    }
    console.log(array);
});

    would console out ["Alaska", "Arkansas", "Illinois", "Kansas", "Louisiana"] if the suggested items in the dropdown is Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana ...

    demo -> http://jsfiddle.net/kcjgr2rv/ (bear over with the lacking CSS)