Add an autocomplete dropdown below your input to suggest possible values in your form. You can populate the list of autocomplete options dynamically as well.

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  <div class="row">
    <div class="col s12">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="input-field col s12">
          <i class="material-icons prefix">textsms</i>
          <input type="text" id="autocomplete-input" class="autocomplete">
          <label for="autocomplete-input">Autocomplete</label>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
          
        

Initialization

The data is an array of option objects, which supports three different attributes:

• id: This is the only mandatory attribute: it must be a primitive value that can be converted to string. If "text" is not provided, it will also be used as "option text" as well;

• text: This optional attribute is used as "display value" for the current entry. When provided, it will also be taken into consideration by the standard search function.

  If you trust your data or have properly sanitized your user input, you may use use HTML by setting the option allowUnsafeHTML: true;

• image: This optional attribute is used to provide a valid image URL to the current option. This attribute is ignored by the standard search function.

You may also provide additional attributes to an option object but they will not be taken into consideration by the standard search function. If you want to use them for option filtering, you must specify a custom function in "onSearch" option.

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  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
    var elems = document.querySelectorAll('.autocomplete');
    var instances = M.Autocomplete.init(elems, {
      // specify options here
      minLength: 0, // shows instantly
      data: [
        {id: 12, text: "Apple"},
        {id: 13, text: "Microsoft"},
        {id: 42, text: "Google", image: 'http://placehold.it/250x250'}
      ]
    });
  });

  // With Mutlti Select

  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
    var elems = document.querySelectorAll('.autocomplete');
    var instances = M.Autocomplete.init(elems, {
      // specify options here
      minLength: 0, // shows instantly
      isMultiSelect: true,
      data: [
        {id: 12, text: "Apple"},
        {id: 13, text: "Microsoft"},
        {id: 42, text: "Google", image: 'http://placehold.it/250x250'}
      ]
    });
  });

  // With Mutlti Select and custom search function

  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
    var elems = document.querySelectorAll('.autocomplete');
    var instances = M.Autocomplete.init(elems, {
      // specify options here
      isMultiSelect: true,
      data: [
        {id: 12, text: "Apple"},
        {id: 13, text: "Microsoft"},
        {id: 42, text: "Google", image: 'http://placehold.it/250x250'}
      ],
      // This search function considers every object entry as "search values".
      onSearch: (text, autocomplete) => {
        const filteredData = autocomplete.options.data.filter(item => {
          return Object.keys(item)
            .map(key => item[key].toString().toLowerCase().indexOf(text.toLowerCase()) >= 0)
            .some(isMatch => isMatch);
        });
        autocomplete.setMenuItems(filteredData);
      }
    });
  });
          
        

Options

Name	Type	Default	Description
data	Array	[]	Array with Data-Objects defining autocomplete options with optional icon (image). The Property id is required which can be string or integer. It is also possible to use the properties text and image.
isMultiSelect	boolean	false	Flag which can be set if multiple values can be selected. The Result will be an Array.
maxDropDownHeight	string	'300px'	The height of the Menu which can be set via css-property.
onAutocomplete	Function	null	Callback for when autocompleted. After a Selection was made this Function is called. This is also called when a default value is set.
onSearch	Function(text, el)		Function is called when the input text is altered and data can also be loaded asynchronously. If the results are collected the items in the list can be updated via the function setMenuItems(collectedItems).
minLength	Number	1	Minimum number of characters before autocomplete starts. When set to 0, the Options are shown on click or focus.
dropdownOptions	Object	{}	Pass options object for the dropdown initialization.
allowUnsafeHTML	Boolean	false	If true will render the key from each item directly as HTML. User input MUST be properly sanitized first.

onSearch

This is the default Search Function. You can write your own search function by passing in a function with the same parameters. You can load asynchronously data in this function or filter an existing list or dictionary. When the data is loaded you can use setMenuItems() to update the content of the Menu.

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onSearch: (text, autocomplete) => {
  const normSearch = text.toLocaleLowerCase();
  autocomplete.setMenuItems(
    autocomplete.options.data.filter((option) => 
      option.id.toString().toLocaleLowerCase().includes(normSearch)
        || option.text?.toLocaleLowerCase().includes(normSearch)
    )
  );
}

          

To disable sorting and use the values as they appear in the data object, use a falsy value.

Methods

All the methods are called on the plugin instance. You can get the plugin instance like this:

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  var instance = M.Autocomplete.getInstance(elem);
  instance.open();
              
            

.open();

Open autocomplete dropdown.

instance.open();
      

.close();

Close autocomplete dropdown.

instance.close();
      

.selectOption(id);

Select a specific autocomplete option via id-property.

Arguments

id: The id of a data-entry.

instance.selectOption(42);
      

.setMenuItems(items);

Updates the visible or selectable items shown in the menu.

Arguments

items: .

instance.setMenuItems([
  {id: "Test"},
  {id: 12, text: "Apple"},
  {id: 13, text: "Microsoft"},
  {id: 42, text: "Google", image: 'http://placehold.it/250x250'}
]);
      

.destroy();

Destroy plugin instance and teardown

instance.destroy();
      

Properties

Name	Type	Description
el	Element	The DOM element the plugin was initialized with.
options	Object	The options the instance was initialized with.
isOpen	Boolean	If the autocomplete is open.
count	Number	Number of matching autocomplete options.
activeIndex	Integer	Index of the current selected option.
dropdown	Dropdown	Instance of the dropdown plugin for this autocomplete.