I am working on table of “profs” that can have severals “sections” to teach to. I would like the sections to appear as tag in the cell with an autocomplete type of cell. The data has a prof “name” column and a “sections” column, an array of objects.
I have code a renderer cell to transform the array of object into span elements to be rendered as tags
I have started to code a MyAutocomplete editor class to handle things:
open() transforms the sections of array into a string of the sections.title elements separated by a comma
getValue() transform the string back into an array of elements for the sections column
setValue() allows to get the right format when an element is chosen from the list by a mouse click
the idea for the user is to enter the sections separated by a comma and the source list is getting filter for each section like this:
When the cell is empty, the source list appears correctly but I have not succeeded in making it appear after a comma. I tried to change the context query (this.query) in various places with no success. I looked to the source code of the autocomplete code but still have not clue how to make the list appears after a comma is added.
How could I modify the query to only the part after the last comma so that the autocomplete starts again?
This is very interesting case. However, it’s out of the scope of pre-sale or basic support plan. Can you please send me your license ID at support@handsontable.com?
I am working as a volunteer (on my hobby time) for a non-profit organization non-commercial management app. There is no way we could afford a pro licence. I understand the limit of the basic plan. I’ll try to sort it out myself.
Thank you for an explanation. I understand. Nevertheless, we would like to be able to help in, at least, some way. If you will encounter any issues related to the core Handsontable functionalities down the road, let us know.
I also found an example that maybe will be helpful for you here:
I am starting to get somewhere: https://jsfiddle.net/Nico_L/pjemhxak/313/
for now only one way to make it work is to entirely type the choices. For instance type in the last right cell “guitar, violin” + enter and both guitar and violin will be added to the cell.
The trick is to disable the sortByRelevance option to prevent a break in the updateChoicesList function and to hack the queryChoices function to modify the query.
I wish I wouldn’t have to hack it, but I don’t know how since it is always called with the TEXTAREA value that has to be modified in my case. To have to disabling the sortByRelevance is limiting the functionalities, maybe there is a smarter way to prevent the break.
Two remaining this to be done:
the filtering does not work anymore
when selecting a choice either with the keyboard or the mouse, it has to be added to the cell, not replacing the content.
