AutoComplete filters in Value instead of Text

[Stefan]

Hi,

when using the AutoComplete widget with UserIds (GUID) and DisplayNames, the filter appears to work on the Value instead of the DisplayText - which doesn't make a lot of sense.

Sample: https://syncfusion-autocomplete.stackblitz.io

Editor: https://stackblitz.com/edit/syncfusion-autocomplete

Example record:

"UserName": "admin",

"DisplayName": "Admin",

"Id": "f650c4f8-b8df-44ef-b6a8-866de50af211",

"Email": "[email protected]"

Type: b68a -> displays "Admin"

Type admi -> displays nothing

A filter only really make sense when - at least by default - filters on the text that is displayed instead of the underlying value. Not sure whether this is a bug or a feature?

[Prince Oliver]

Hi Stefan, 

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion support. 

This not a bug in our AutoComplete control, this is the intended behavior. By default, EJ2 AutoComplete works only with value field for operations like filtering sorting. If you require to filter using the text field, you can customize using the filtering event in the control. Take a moment to look at the following KB document for further reference on this: https://www.syncfusion.com/kb/10158/why-autocomplete-does-not-filter-using-text-field  

Please let us know if you need any further assistance on this. 

Regards, 

Prince  

[Stefan]

Thank you very much.

I'm not sure if that makes sense, but it is now understood.

You may want to update that KB article to show how to reset the search, that took a while to figure out. Like:

     // if text length < minLength, do nothing and reset datasource

            if (e.text.length < e.updateData.length) {

                e.updateData();

                e.cancel = true;

                return false;

            }

            // code to search etc.   

[Prince Oliver]

Hi Stefan, 

Thank you for your valuable feedback on the KB article. We will consider this in our end and update the content soon. 

Regards, 

Prince