Hi all,
I need a simple searchbox, i.e., you type in a string and while typing, some suggestions appear below the textfield (similar to a combobox). A combobox itself is not an option because I do not want to perform filtering on an dataset but a ‘search’ on an unknown data basis. The input in the textfield field is used for an API-call which returns data which should be displayed below the textfield.
I found [this]
(https://vaadin.com/directory/component/searchbox) plugin but it seems that it is incompatible with Vaadin 18 (which I’m using) and I could not get it to work.
My next approach was to implement it myself with a combobox like [here]
(https://vaadin.com/forum/thread/18105975/dynamic-combobox-values-options-based-on-user-input) and lazy loading through a data provider but this did not work out in the end
(since Vaadin 18 the setDataProvider(…) is deprecated). Anyway, this seems more like an unclean hack which is why I would like to avoid dynamically changing the data base of the combobox.
Does someone have a suggestion? I’m really stuck. Currently my only plan would be to build a custom ‘notification’ that pops up on value changes of a textfield (which would propably look and feel weird …).
Best regards,
Roy
I will give it a try! It seems like something that could work for me.