Right now all my words are displayed before you even start typing. I would like the words to display after you start typing. Im having a brain fart on how to make the words remain hidden until you start typing a letter and then it filters the results based on what you type.
<h2>My Phonebook</h2>
<input type="text" id="myInput" onkeyup="myFunction()" placeholder="Search for names.." title="Type in a name">
<ul id="myUL">
<li><a href="#">Adele</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Agnes</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Billy</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Bob</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Calvin</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Christina</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Cindy</a></li>
</ul>
<script>
function myFunction() {
var input, filter, ul, li, a, i, txtValue;
input = document.getElementById("myInput");
filter = input.value.toUpperCase();
ul = document.getElementById("myUL");
li = ul.getElementsByTagName("li");
for (i = 0; i < li.length; i ) {
a = li[i].getElementsByTagName("a")[0];
txtValue = a.textContent || a.innerText;
if (txtValue.toUpperCase().indexOf(filter) > -1) {
li[i].style.display = "";
} else {
li[i].style.display = "none";
}
}
}
</script>
css
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
#myInput {
background-image: url('/css/searchicon.png');
background-position: 10px 12px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 100%;
font-size: 16px;
padding: 12px 20px 12px 40px;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
margin-bottom: 12px;
}
#myUL {
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
#myUL li a {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
margin-top: -1px; /* Prevent double borders */
background-color: #f6f6f6;
padding: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 18px;
color: black;
display: block
}
#myUL li a:hover:not(.header) {
background-color: #eee; }
CodePudding user response:
First, to hide from start, pure CSS
#myUL li {
display: none
}
Then when typing with it never hides (if not having the CSS above) because you don't set anything in display
when there is a match li[i].style.display = ""
, change to li[i].style.display = "block"
and test if input.value
has some length like this:
li[i].style.display = input.value.length && txtValue.toUpperCase().indexOf(filter) > -1 ? "block" : "none";
also you are checking for text inside a
, no need for that, you can check for text in the li
function myFunction() {
const input = document.getElementById("myInput");
const filter = input.value.toUpperCase();
const ul = document.getElementById("myUL");
const li = ul.getElementsByTagName("li");
for (i = 0; i < li.length; i ) {
const txtValue = li[i].textContent || li[i].innerText;
li[i].style.display = input.value.length && txtValue.toUpperCase().indexOf(filter) > -1 ? "block" : "none";
}
}
myInput.addEventListener('keyup', myFunction)
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
#myInput {
background-image: url('/css/searchicon.png');
background-position: 10px 12px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 100%;
font-size: 16px;
padding: 12px 20px 12px 40px;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
margin-bottom: 12px;
}
#myUL {
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
#myUL li {
display: none
}
#myUL li a {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
margin-top: -1px;
/* Prevent double borders */
background-color: #f6f6f6;
padding: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 18px;
color: black;
display: block
}
#myUL li a:hover:not(.header) {
background-color: #eee;
}
<h2>My Phonebook</h2>
<input type="text" id="myInput" placeholder="Search for names.." title="Type in a name">
<ul id="myUL">
<li><a href="#">Adele</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Agnes</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Billy</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Bob</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Calvin</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Christina</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Cindy</a></li>
</ul>
CodePudding user response:
You can achieve this by initially hiding the list and checking the length of your input variable afterward. If the length is greater than zero, append a class show
. Else, remove the class again. In Vanilla JS, you can do this by accessing the elements classList
.
function myFunction() {
var input, filter, ul, li, a, i, txtValue;
input = document.getElementById("myInput");
filter = input.value.toUpperCase();
ul = document.getElementById("myUL");
if (filter.length > 0) {
ul.classList.add('show');
li = ul.getElementsByTagName("li");
for (i = 0; i < li.length; i ) {
a = li[i].getElementsByTagName("a")[0];
txtValue = a.textContent || a.innerText;
if (txtValue.toUpperCase().indexOf(filter) > -1) {
li[i].style.display = "";
} else {
li[i].style.display = "none";
}
}
} else {
ul.classList.remove('show');
}
}
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
#myInput {
background-image: url('/css/searchicon.png');
background-position: 10px 12px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 100%;
font-size: 16px;
padding: 12px 20px 12px 40px;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
margin-bottom: 12px;
}
#myUL {
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
display: none;
}
#myUL.show {
display: block;
}
#myUL li a {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
margin-top: -1px; /* Prevent double borders */
background-color: #f6f6f6;
padding: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 18px;
color: black;
display: block
}
#myUL li a:hover:not(.header) {
background-color: #eee;
}
<h2>My Phonebook</h2>
<input type="text" id="myInput" onkeyup="myFunction()" placeholder="Search for names.." title="Type in a name">
<ul id="myUL">
<li><a href="#">Adele</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Agnes</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Billy</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Bob</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Calvin</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Christina</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Cindy</a></li>
</ul>