How to modify combobox to support items not in list

[tachang]

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for providing such a great looking plugin!

I am trying to modify the code to support items not in list. So if someone types something in and presses tab it acts like an input box. I am a bit confused as to where to change the code to get this behaviour.

I've looked at these lines:

    case 9: // tab
    case 13: // enter
      if (!this.shown) return
      this.select()
      break

Any chance you could give some hints as to how to do it?

[danielfarrell]

Sorry for the delay on an answer. There is not a good way currently. I'm planning on bringing back a forceMatch option that used to exist and switching how the data is saved to support this. Look for version 1.1 in the not so distant future that will allow this.

[dberansky]

Hi. Has this feature made it into 1.1?

[danielfarrell]

It did not. It was the only requested feature that got pushed. That said, the setup for it is there now, it just needs to be implemented. I'll re-open this issue until it gets added.

[dreadjr]

is this in 1.1.1?

[danielfarrell]

Nope, it's not included yet. Maybe 1.2

[cmouse]

I would also like to see this feature

[bendavis78]

I'm surprised this isn't in by default. The very definition of a combobox is something that allows an item that is not in the list. Is there any way to get this to work?

[danielfarrell]

Sure, write it(with tests) and send a pull request. ;-) The basic structure of the library has been changed to be able to support it. It's not been pressing for me because it's not part of my use case. I wrote the library here to have a component that gives typing support/autocomplete for select boxes. I will get to it eventually if someone does not beat me too it though.

[denishaskin]

This is implemented in @taleinat's fork: https://github.com/taleinat/bootstrap-combobox

[taleinat]

My fork works, but note that my pull request was not accepted, because it was not quite ready.

See details in the pull request discussion.

[thephw]

This is going to be targeted for 2.0, but progress is going to be tracked on pull request #96