
SearchBox creates a search box UI component that is connected to one or more database fields. A SearchBox queries the appbase.io backend with query type suggestion to render different kind of suggestions, read more about the suggestion query type here.
Example uses:
- Searching for a rental listing by its
nameordescriptionfield. - Creating an e-commerce search box for finding products by their listing properties.
- Creating a product catalog search based on different categories.
Usage
Basic Usage
<template>
<search-box componentId="SearchBoxSensor" :dataField="['group_venue', 'group_city']" />
</template>Usage With All Props
<search-box
componentId="SearchSensor"
:mode="tag"
title="Search"
defaultValue="Songwriting"
placeholder="Search for cities or venues"
highlightField="group_city"
queryFormat="or"
filterLabel="City"
:autosuggest="true"
:highlight="true"
:showFilter="true"
:dataField="[
{
'field': 'group_venue',
'weight': 1
},
{
'field': 'group_city',
'weight': 3
},
]"
:defaultSuggestions="[
{ label: 'Songwriting', value: 'Songwriting' },
{ label: 'Musicians', value: 'Musicians' },
]"
:fuzziness="0"
:size="10"
:debounce="100"
:react="{
and: ['CategoryFilter', 'SearchFilter']
}"
:URLParams="false"
className="result-list-container"
:size="3"
:enablePopularSuggestions="true"
:popularSuggestionsConfig="{ size: 3, minChars: 2, index: 'good-books-ds' }"
:enableRecentSuggestions="true"
:recentSuggestionsConfig="{
size: 3,
index: 'good-books-ds',
minChars: 4,
}"
@on-data="
(param) => {
// do something
}
"
:showClear="true"
@valueSelected="
(value, cause) => {
// do something
}
"
categoryField="authors.keyword"
:defaultQuery="
(value) => {
return {
query: {
// ...
},
timeout: '1s',
};
}
"
:customQuery="
(value) => {
return {
query: {
// ...
},
timeout: '1s',
};
}
"
:applyStopwords="true"
:customStopwords="['be', 'the']"
:enablePredictiveSuggestions="true"
:endpoint="{
url:'https://appbase-demo-ansible-abxiydt-arc.searchbase.io/recipes-demo/_reactivesearch.v3',
headers: {
// put relevant headers
},
method: 'POST'
}"
/>Props
componentId
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
No |
unique identifier of the component, can be referenced in other components' react prop.
endpoint
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Object |
Yes |
endpoint prop provides the ability to query a user-defined backend service for this component, overriding the data endpoint configured in the ReactiveBase component. Accepts the following properties:
- url
String[Required] URL where the data cluster is hosted. - headers
Object[optional]
set custom headers to be sent with each server request as key/value pairs. - method
String[optional]
set method of the API request. - body
Object[optional]
request body of the API request. When body isn't set and method is POST, the request body is set based on the component's configured props.
- Overrides the endpoint property defined in ReactiveBase.
- If required, use
transformResponseprop to transform response in component-consumable format.
mode
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
Yes |
SearchBox component offers two modes of usage, select & tag. When mode is set to tag SearchBox allows selecting multiple suggestions. Defaults to select.
<template>
<search-box
componentId="title"
highlight="true"
:dataField="['title', 'text']"
:mode="tag"
/>
</template>
dataField
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
string | Array<string | DataField*> |
Yes |
index field(s) to be connected to the component’s UI view. SearchBox accepts an Array in addition to string, which is useful for searching across multiple fields with or without field weights.
Field weights allow weighted search for the index fields. A higher number implies a higher relevance weight for the corresponding field in the search results.
You can define the dataField property as an array of objects of the DataField type to set the field weights.
The DataField type has the following shape:
type DataField = {
field: string;
weight: number;
};database field(s) to be queried against. Accepts an Array in addition to String, useful for applying search across multiple fields. Check examples at here.
Note:
- The
dataFieldproperty asDataFieldobject is only available for ReactiveSearch version >=v3.0.0and Appbase versionv7.47.0.
size
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Number |
Yes |
number of suggestions to show. Defaults to 10.
excludeFields
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String Array |
Yes |
fields to be excluded in the suggestion's query when autoSuggest is true.
includeFields
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String Array |
Yes |
fields to be included in the suggestion's query when autoSuggest is true.
enablePopularSuggestions
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
bool |
Yes |
Defaults to false. When enabled, it can be useful to curate search suggestions based on actual search queries that your users are making. Read more about it over here.
popularSuggestionsConfig
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Object |
Yes |
Specify additional options for fetching popular suggestions. It can accept the following keys:
- size:
numberMaximum number of popular suggestions to return. Defaults to 5. - minCount:
numberReturn only popular suggestions that have been searched at leastminCounttimes. There is no default minimum count-based restriction. - minChars:
numberReturn only popular suggestions that have minimum characters, as set in this property. There is no default minimum character-based restriction. - showGlobal:
BooleanDefaults totrue. When set tofalse, returns popular suggestions only based on the current user's past searches. - index:
stringIndex(es) from which to return the popular suggestions from. Defaults to the entire cluster.
<search-box
:enablePopularSuggestions="true"
:popularSuggestionsConfig="{
size: 5,
minCount: 5,
minChars: 3,
showGlobal: false,
index: "good-books-ds", // further restrict the index to search on
}"
/>enablePredictiveSuggestions
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
bool |
Yes |
Defaults to false. When set to true, it predicts the next relevant words from a field's value based on the search query typed by the user. When set to false (default), the entire field's value would be displayed. This may not be desirable for long-form fields (where average words per field value is greater than 4 and may not fit in a single line).
enableRecentSuggestions
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
Defaults to false. When set to true, recent searches are returned as suggestions as per the recent suggestions config (either defaults, or as set through recentSuggestionsConfig or via Recent Suggestions settings in the control plane). Appbase.io recommends defining a unique id(userId property) in reactivesearchAPIConfig prop for each user to personalize the recent searches.
Note: Please note that this feature only works when
recordAnalyticsis set totrueinreactivesearchAPIConfig.
recentSuggestionsConfig
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Object |
Yes |
Specify additional options for fetching recent suggestions.
It can accept the following keys:
- size:
number
Maximum number of recent suggestions to return. Defaults to 5.
- minHits:
number
Return only recent searches that returned at least minHits results. There is no default minimum hits-based restriction.
- minChars:
number
Return only recent suggestions that have minimum characters, as set in this property. There is no default minimum character-based restriction.
- index:
string
Index(es) from which to return the recent suggestions from. Defaults to the entire cluster.
<search-box
:enableRecentSuggestions="true"
"recentSuggestionsConfig="{
size: 5,
minHits: 5,
minChars: 3,
index: "good-books-ds", // further restrict the index to search on
}"
/>aggregationSize
To set the number of buckets to be returned by aggregations.
Note: This is a new feature and only available for appbase versions >= 7.41.0.
nestedField
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
Yes |
Set the path of the nested type under which the dataField is present. Only applicable only when the field(s) specified in the dataField is(are) present under a nested type mapping.
title
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String or JSX |
Yes |
set the title of the component to be shown in the UI.
defaultValue
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String | Array<String> |
Yes |
preset the search query text in the search box.
Data type is Array
when modeprop is set totag.
value
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String | Array<String> |
Yes |
sets the current value of the component. It sets the search query text (on mount and on update). Use this prop in conjunction with the change event.
Data type is Array
when modeprop is set totag.
fieldWeights
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Array |
Yes |
set the search weight for the database fields, useful when dataField is an Array of more than one field. This prop accepts an array of numbers. A higher number implies a higher relevance weight for the corresponding field in the search results.
placeholder
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
Yes |
set placeholder text to be shown in the component's input field. Defaults to "Search".
autosuggest
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
set whether the autosuggest functionality should be enabled or disabled. Defaults to true. When set to false, it searches as user types, unless debounce is also set.
strictSelection
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
defaults to false. When set to true, the component will only set its value and fire the query if the value was selected from the suggestion. Otherwise the value will be cleared on selection. This is only relevant with autosuggest.
showIcon
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
whether to display a search or custom icon in the input box. Defaults to true.
iconPosition
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
Yes |
sets the position of the search icon. Can be set to either left or right. Defaults to right.
icon
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
JSX |
Yes |
set a custom search icon instead of the default icon 🔍
showClear
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
show a clear text X icon. Defaults to true.
showFilter
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
show as filter when a value is selected in a global selected filters view. Defaults to true.
showVoiceSearch
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
show a voice icon in the searchbox to enable users to set voice input. Defaults to false.
showDistinctSuggestions
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
Show 1 suggestion per document. If set to false multiple suggestions may show up for the same document as searched value might appear in multiple fields of the same document, this is true only if you have configured multiple fields in dataField prop. Defaults to true.
Example if you have showDistinctSuggestions is set to false and have following configurations
// Your document:
{
"name": "Warn",
"address": "Washington"
}
// Component:
<SearchBox dataField=['name', 'address'] .../>
// Search Query:
"wa"Then there will be 2 suggestions from the same document
as we have the search term present in both the fields
specified in dataField.
Warn
WashingtonNote: Check the above concept in action over here.
filterLabel
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
Yes |
An optional label to display for the component in the global selected filters view. This is only applicable if showFilter is enabled. Default value used here is componentId.
clearIcon
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
JSX |
Yes |
set a custom icon for clearing text instead of the default cross.
debounce
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Number |
Yes |
set the milliseconds to wait before executing the query. Defaults to 0, i.e. no debounce.
highlight
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
whether highlighting should be enabled in the returned results.
highlightField
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String or Array |
Yes |
when highlighting is enabled, this prop allows specifying the fields which should be returned with the matching highlights. When not specified, it defaults to applying highlights on the field(s) specified in the dataField prop.
customHighlight
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Function |
Yes |
a function which returns the custom highlight settings. It receives the props and expects you to return an object with the highlight key. Check out the technews demo where the SearchBox component uses a customHighlight as given below,
<template>
<search-box
componentId="title"
highlight="true"
:dataField="['title', 'text']"
:customHighlight="getCustomHighlight"
/>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'app',
methods: {
getCustomHighlight: props => ({
highlight: {
pre_tags: ['<mark>'],
post_tags: ['</mark>'],
fields: {
text: {},
title: {},
},
number_of_fragments: 0,
},
}),
},
};
</script>focusShortcuts
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Array<string | number> |
Yes |
A list of keyboard shortcuts that focus the search box. Accepts key names and key codes. Compatible with key combinations separated using '+'. Defaults to ['/'].
autoFocus
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
boolean |
Yes |
When set to true, search box is auto-focused on page load. Defaults to false.
expandSuggestionsContainer
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
boolean |
Yes |
When set to false the width of suggestions dropdown container is limited to the width of searchbox input field. Defaults to true.

<search-box
expandSuggestionsContainer={false}
...
>
<template #addonBefore>
<img src="..." />
</template>
<template #addonAfter>
<img src="..." />
</template>
</search-box>queryFormat
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
Yes |
Sets the query format, can be or or and. Defaults to or.
- or returns all the results matching any of the search query text's parameters. For example, searching for "bat man" with or will return all the results matching either "bat" or "man".
- On the other hand with and, only results matching both "bat" and "man" will be returned. It returns the results matching all of the search query text's parameters.
fuzziness
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String or Number |
Yes |
Sets a maximum edit distance on the search parameters, can be 0, 1, 2 or "AUTO". Useful for showing the correct results for an incorrect search parameter by taking the fuzziness into account. For example, with a substitution of one character, fox can become box. Read more about it in the elastic search docs.
Note:
This prop doesn't work when the value of
queryFormatprop is set toand.
innerRef
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Function |
Yes |
The innerRef prop along with the ref prop can be used to access the reference of the input element that can be used to access/manipulate the native events or values for input element. For, an example the below snippet changes the type of the input element to search from the text.
<template>
<search-box
componentId="BookSensor"
dataField="['original_title', 'original_title.search']"
ref="search-box"
innerRef="input"
/>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'app',
mounted() {
this.$refs['search-box'].$children[0].$refs['input'].type = 'search';
},
};
</script>URLParams
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
enable creating a URL query string param based on the search query text value. This is useful for sharing URLs with the component state. Defaults to false.
render
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Function|slot-scope |
Yes |
You can render suggestions in a custom layout by using the render as a prop or a slot.
It accepts an object with these properties:
loading:booleanindicates that the query is still in progress.error:objectAn object containing the error info.data:arrayAn array of parsed suggestions obtained from the applied query.rawDataobjectAn object of raw response as-is from elasticsearch query.resultStats:objectAn object with the following properties which can be helpful to render custom stats:numberOfResults:numberTotal number of results foundtime:numberTime taken to find total results (in ms)hidden:numberTotal number of hidden results foundpromoted:numberTotal number of promoted results found
value:stringcurrent search input value i.e the search query being used to obtain suggestions.downshiftProps:objectprovides the following control props fromdownshiftwhich can be used to bind list items with click/mouse events.- isOpen
booleanWhether the menu should be considered open or closed. Some aspects of the downshift component respond differently based on this value (for example, if isOpen is true when the user hits "Enter" on the input field, then the item at the highlightedIndex item is selected). - getItemProps
functionReturns the props you should apply to any menu item elements you render. - getItemEvents
functionReturns the events you should apply to any menu item elements you render. - highlightedIndex
numberThe index that should be highlighted.
- isOpen
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
object |
Yes |
method can be used to register click analytics for suggestions. It accepts two arguments, click position and document ID (required only if you're using rawData to render suggestions).
You can use SearchBox with render slot as shown:
<search-box
class="result-list-container"
categoryField="authors.raw"
componentId="BookSensor"
:dataField="['original_title', 'original_title.search']"
:URLParams="true"
>
<template #render="{
error,
loading,
downshiftProps: { isOpen, highlightedIndex, getItemProps, getItemEvents },
data: suggestions,
}"
>
<div class="suggestions">
<div v-if="loading">loading...</div>
<ul v-if="isOpen">
<template v-for="suggestion in suggestions">
<li
style="{ background-color: highlightedIndex ? 'grey' : 'transparent' }"
v-bind="getItemProps({ item: suggestion })"
v-on="getItemEvents({ item: suggestion })"
:key="suggestion._id"
>
{{ suggestion.label }}
</li>
</template>
</ul>
</div>
</template>
</search-box>Or you can also use render as prop.
<template>
<search-box :render="render" />
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'app',
methods: {
render({
error,
loading,
downshiftProps: { isOpen, highlightedIndex, getItemProps, getItemEvents },
data: suggestions,
}) {...},
},
};
</script>renderNoSuggestion
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String|slot-scope |
Yes |
can be used to render a message when there are no suggestions found.
renderError
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String|Function|slot-scope |
Yes |
can be used to render an error message in case of any error.
<template #renderError="error">
<div>Something went wrong!<br />Error details<br />{{ error }}</div>
</template>getMicInstance
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Function |
Yes |
You can pass a callback function to get the instance of SpeechRecognition object, which can be used to override the default configurations.
renderMic
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String|Function|slot-scope |
Yes |
can be used to render the custom mic option.
It accepts an object with the following properties:
handleClick:function
needs to be called when the mic option is clicked.
status:string
is a constant which can have one of these values:
INACTIVE - mic is in inactive state i.e not listening
STOPPED - mic has been stopped by the user
ACTIVE - mic is listening
DENIED - permission is not allowed
<template #renderMic="{ handleClick, status }">
<div v-if="status === `ACTIVE`">
<img src="/active_mic.png" onClick={handleClick} />
</div>
<div v-if="status === `DENIED`">
<img src="/denied_mic.png" onClick={handleClick} />
</div>
<div v-if="status === `STOPPED`">
<img src="/mute_mic.png" onClick={handleClick} />
</div>
<div v-if="typeof status === `undefined`">
<img src="/inactive_mic.png" onClick={handleClick} />
</div>
</template>recentSearchesIcon
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
slot-scope |
Yes |
You can use a custom icon in place of the default icon for the recent search items that are shown when enableRecentSearches prop is set to true. You can also provide styles using the recent-search-icon key in the innerClass prop.
<search-box
...
:enableRecentSearches="true"
:innerClass="{
'recent-search-icon': '...',
}"
>
<recent-icon #recentSearchesIcon />
</search-box>popularSearchesIcon
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
slot-scope |
Yes |
You can use a custom icon in place of the default icon for the popular searches that are shown when enablePopularSuggestions prop is set to true. You can also provide styles using the popular-search-icon key in the innerClass prop.
<search-box
...
:enablePopularSuggestions="true"
:innerClass="{
'popular-search-icon': '...'
}"
>
<popular-icon #popularSearchesIcon />
</search-box>addonBefore
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
slot-scope |
Yes |
| The HTML markup displayed before (on the left side of) the searchbox input field. Users can use it to render additional actions/ markup, eg: a custom search icon hiding the default. | |
![]() |
<search-box
...
:enablePopularSuggestions="true"
:innerClass="{
'popular-search-icon': '...'
}"
>
<template #addonBefore>
<img
src="https://img.icons8.com/cute-clipart/64/000000/search.png"
height="30px"
/>
</template>
</search-box>addonAfter
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
slot |
Yes |
The HTML markup displayed before (on the right side of) the searchbox input field. Users can use it to render additional actions/ markup, eg: a custom search icon hiding the default.

<search-box
...
:enablePopularSuggestions="true"
:innerClass="{
'popular-search-icon': '...'
}"
>
<template #addonAfter>
<img
src="https://img.icons8.com/cute-clipart/64/000000/search.png"
height="30px"
/>
</template>
</search-box>distinctField
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
Yes |
This prop returns only the distinct value documents for the specified field. It is equivalent to the DISTINCT clause in SQL. It internally uses the collapse feature of Elasticsearch. You can read more about it over here.
distinctFieldConfig
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Object |
Yes |
This prop allows specifying additional options to the distinctField prop. Using the allowed DSL, one can specify how to return K distinct values (default value of K=1), sort them by a specific order, or return a second level of distinct values. distinctFieldConfig object corresponds to the inner_hits key's DSL. You can read more about it over here.
<search-box
....
distinctField="authors.keyword"
:distinctFieldConfig="{
inner_hits: {
name: 'most_recent',
size: 5,
sort: [{ timestamp: 'asc' }],
},
max_concurrent_group_searches: 4,
}"
/>index
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
Yes |
The index prop can be used to explicitly specify an index to query against for this component. It is suitable for use-cases where you want to fetch results from more than one index in a single ReactiveSearch API request. The default value for the index is set to the app prop defined in the ReactiveBase component.
renderItem
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Function |
Yes |
You can render each suggestion in a custom layout by using the renderItem prop.
<search-box
componentId="BookSensor"
// ...
>
<template #renderItem="item">
<div class="suggestions">
👋 {{ item.label }}
</div>
</template>
</search-box>applyStopwords
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Boolean |
Yes |
When set to true, it would not predict a suggestion which starts or ends with a stopword. You can find the list of stopwords used by Appbase at here.
customStopwords
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Array[String] |
Yes |
It allows you to define a list of custom stopwords. You can also set it through Index settings in the control plane.
categoryField
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
string |
Yes |
Data field whose values are used to provide category specific suggestions.enterButton
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
boolean |
Yes |
When set to true, the results would only be updated on press of the button. Defaults to false. You can also provide styles using the enter-button key in the innerClass prop.
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/8ZoA42b.png" style="margin:0 auto;display:block;"/> <search-box
:enterButton="true"
>
// ... other slots
</search-box>renderEnterButton
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
slot-scope |
Yes |
The custom HTML markup displayed for enterButton. Use in conjunction with enterButton prop set to true.

<search-box
...
:enterButton="true"
>
<template
#renderEnterButton="onClick"
>
<div :style="{ height: '100%', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'stretch' }">
<button
:style="{ border: '1px solid #c3c3c3', cursor: 'pointer' }"
v-on:click="onClick"
>
🔍 Search
</button>
</div>
</template>
</search-box>renderSelectedTags
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
slot-scope |
Yes |
to custom render tags when mode is set to tag.
Provides
It accepts an object with these properties:
values:Array<String>array of selected values.handleClear:Function - (string) => voidfunction to clear a tag value. It accepts the tag value(String) as a parameter.handleClearAll:Function - () => voidfunction to clear all selected values.
<search-box
...
:mode="tag"
:innerClass="{
'selected-tag': '...'
}"
>
<template #renderSelectedTags="{ values, handleClear, handleClearAll }">
<button
style="{ background-color: highlightedIndex ? 'grey' : 'transparent'color: 'green' }"
v-for="tagValue in values"
:key="tagValue"
@click="() => handleClear(tagValue)"
>
{{ tagValue }}
</button>
</template>
</search-box>Demo
Styles
SearchBox component supports an innerClass prop to provide styles to the sub-components of SearchBox. These are the supported keys:
titleinputrecent-search-iconpopular-search-iconenter-buttonselected-tag
Read more about it here.
Extending
SearchBox component can be extended to:
- customize the look and feel with
className, - update the underlying DB query with
customQuery, - connect with external interfaces using
beforeValueChange,value-changeandquery-change, - specify how search suggestions should be filtered using
reactprop.
<template>
<search-box
className="custom-class"
:customQuery="getCustomQuery"
:beforeValueChange="handleBeforeValueChange"
:react="{
and: ['pricingFilter', 'dateFilter'],
or: ['searchFilter']
}"
@value-change="handleValueChange"
@query-change="handleQueryChange"
/>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'app',
methods: {
getCustomQuery: (value, props) => {
return {
query: {
match: {
data_field: 'this is a test',
},
},
};
},
handleBeforeValueChange: value => {
// called before the value is set
// returns a promise
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
// update state or component props
resolve();
// or reject()
});
},
handleValueChange: value => {
console.log('current value: ', value);
// set the state
// use the value with other js code
},
handleQueryChange: (prevQuery, nextQuery) => {
// use the query with other js code
console.log('prevQuery', prevQuery);
console.log('nextQuery', nextQuery);
},
},
};
</script>className
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String |
Yes |
CSS class to be injected on the component container.
customQuery
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Function |
Yes |
takes value and props as parameters and returns the data query to be applied to the component, as defined in Elasticsearch Query DSL.
Note: customQuery is called on value changes in the SearchBox component as long as the component is a part of react dependency of at least one other component.
defaultQuery
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Function |
Yes |
is a callback function that takes value and props as parameters and returns the data query to be applied to the source component, as defined in Elasticsearch Query DSL, which doesn't get leaked to other components. In simple words, defaultQuery prop allows you to modify the query to render the suggestions when autoSuggest is enabled.
Read more about it here.
beforeValueChange
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Function |
Yes |
is a callback function which accepts component's future value as a parameter and returns a promise. It is called everytime before a component's value changes. The promise, if and when resolved, triggers the execution of the component's query and if rejected, kills the query execution. This method can act as a gatekeeper for query execution, since it only executes the query after the provided promise has been resolved.
Note:
If you're using Reactivesearch version >=
1.1.0,beforeValueChangecan also be defined as a synchronous function.valueis updated by default, unless you throw anErrorto reject the update. For example:
beforeValueChange = value => {
// The update is accepted by default
if (value && value.toLowerCase().contains('Social')) {
// To reject the update, throw an error
throw Error('Search value should not contain social.');
}
};react
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
Object |
Yes |
specify dependent components to reactively update SearchBox's suggestions.
- key
Stringone ofand,or,notdefines the combining clause.- and clause implies that the results will be filtered by matches from all of the associated component states.
- or clause implies that the results will be filtered by matches from at least one of the associated component states.
- not clause implies that the results will be filtered by an inverse match of the associated component states.
value
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
String or Array or Object |
Yes |
- `String` is used for specifying a single component by its `componentId`.
- `Array` is used for specifying multiple components by their `componentId`.
- `Object` is used for nesting other key clauses.Events
change
| Type | Optional |
|---|---|
function |
Yes |
is an event that accepts component's current value as a parameter. It is called when you are using the value prop and the component's value changes. This event is useful to control the value updates of search input.
<template>
<search-box
value="value"
@change="handleChange"
/>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'app',
data() {
return {
value: ""
}
},
methods: {
handleChange(value, triggerQuery, event) {
this.value = value;
// Trigger the search query to update the dependent components
triggerQuery({
isOpen: false // To close the suggestions dropdown; optional
})
}
}
};
</script>Note:
If you're using the controlled behavior than it's your responsibility to call the
triggerQuerymethod to update the query i.e execute the search query and update the query results in connected components byreactprop. It is not mandatory to call thetriggerQueryinonChangeyou can also call it in other input handlers likeonBluroronKeyPress. ThetriggerQuerymethod accepts an object withisOpenproperty (default tofalse) that can be used to control the opening state of the suggestion dropdown.
-
query-change is an event which accepts component's prevQuery and nextQuery as parameters. It is called everytime the component's query changes. This event is handy in cases where you want to generate a side-effect whenever the component's query would change.
-
value-change is an event which accepts component's current value as a parameter. It is called everytime the component's value changes. This event is handy in cases where you want to generate a side-effect on value selection. For example: You want to show a pop-up modal with the valid discount coupon code when a list item is selected in a "Discounted Price" SingleList.
-
value-selected is called when a search is performed either by pressing enter key or the input is blurred.
-
on-data gets triggered when either of data, rawData, aggregationData, loading and error changes. You can use a callback function to listen for the changes. The function receives
data,rawData,aggregationData,loadinganderroras a single parameter object.
<search-box
componentId="BookSensor"
// ... other props ...
@on-data="(param) => { // do something }"
/>error
gets triggered in case of an error and provides the error object, which can be used for debugging or giving feedback to the user if needed.
The following events to the underlying input element:
- blur
- focus
- key-press
- key-down
- key-up
Note:
- All these events accepts the
triggerQueryas a second parameter which can be used to trigger theSearchBoxquery with the current selected value (useful to customize the search query execution).- There is a known issue with
key-presswhenautosuggestis set to true. It is recommended to usekey-downfor the consistency.
