http://github.com/withassociates/livefield.js
A simple live-lookup ui library.
As a basic use case, let's say we have an input in a cms that lets users specify which page a thumbnail ought to link to.
We have an action on the server /pages/search that will find matching
pages and return them as JSON.
This is how we'd implement livefield:
<!-- input to bind to -->
<input
type="text"
name="link_path"
id="my-input"
data-store="/pages/search/{{query}}"
data-template="#link-template"
/>
<!-- template for result options -->
<script type="template/handlebars" id="link-template">
<li data-value="{{path}}">
<span class="name">{{name}}</span>
<span class="path">{{path}}</span>
</li>
</script>
<!-- and activate livefield -->
<script>
$('#my-input').livefield();
</script>
Your input needs data-store to specify the lookup URL. This can be
plain text or a handlebars template. If it's a template, it will
receive just the query paramters.
Your input also needs data-template. This should be a jQuery-compatible
selector for the element containing the template. Typically, this will
be in a script tag as in the example above.
Your result option template needs to have the data-value option.
The value of this attribute will be used to populate your input.
- jQuery ~> 1.5
- Handlebars ~> 1.0
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