Simple Angular mentions inspired by Ment.io.
Provides auto-complete suggestions for @mentions in text input fields, text areas, and content editable fields. Not fully browser tested and comes without warranty!
To install and start the demo application:
git clone https://github.com/dmacfarlane/angular-mentions.git
cd angular-mentions
npm install
ng serve
Add the package as a dependency to your project using:
npm install --save angular-mentions
Add the CSS to your index.html:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
Add the module to your app.module imports:
import { MentionModule } from 'angular-mentions/mention';
...
@NgModule({
imports: [ MentionModule ],
...
})
Add the [mention] directive to your input element:
<input type="text" [mention]="items">
Where items is a string array of the items to suggest. For example:
items: string[] = ["Noah", "Liam", "Mason", "Jacob", ...
The following optional configuration items can be used.
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| triggerChar | @ | The character that will trigger the menu behavior. |
| maxItems | Limit the number of items shown in the pop-up menu. The default is no limit. | |
| mentionSelect | An optional function to format the selected item before inserting the text. | |
| labelKey | label | The field to be used as the item label (when the items are objects). |
| disableSearch | false | Disable internal filtering (only useful if async search is used). |
For Example:
<input type="text" [mention]="items" [mentionConfig]="{triggerChar:'#',maxItems:10,labelKey:'name'}">
(searchTerm)=""event emitted whenever the search term changes. Can be used to trigger async search.