Typeahead bootstrap.typeahead

A basic, easily extended plugin for quickly creating elegant typeaheads with any form text input.

Start typing in the field below to show the typeahead results.

Using bootstrap.typeahead

Call the typeahead via javascript:

$('.typeahead').typeahead()

Options

Name type default description
source array [ ] The data source to query against.
items number 8 The max number of items to display in the dropdown.
matcher function case insensitive The method used to determine if a query matches an item. Accepts a single argument, the item against which to test the query. Access the current query with this.query. Return a boolean true if query is a match.
sorter function exact match,
case sensitive,
case insensitive
Method used to sort autocomplete results. Accepts a single argument items and has the scope of the typeahead instance. Reference the current query with this.query.
highlighter function highlights all default matches Method used to highlight autocomplete results. Accepts a single argument item and has the scope of the typeahead instance. Should return html.

Markup

Add data attributes to register an element with typeahead functionality.

<input type="text" data-provide="typeahead">

Methods

.typeahead(options)

Initializes an input with a typeahead.