item-value-key vs. item-view-value-key

[rodrigobnn]

I made a change so I could show a text in the list and a different in the input after the item had been selected, in ngModelController.$render I changed from itemViewValueKey to itemValueKey, so pretty simple and no hard for other cases.
Would be nice to have an option so I could use different values in a future version.

Thanks for the ion-autocomplete. very nice!

[guylabs]

Hi @rodrigobnn,

can you maybe elaborate more on your use case and what exactly you want to achieve? A running example in a codepen would be nice or at least some snippets of the object and how you defined the ion-autocomplete directive such that I am able to help you out.

Thanks and regards,

Guy

[rodrigobnn]

Hi @guylabs
What I wanted to achieve is have 3 different values in 3 parts of my code. My object is like this:
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Java",
"path": "/home/Java"
}

I save the whole object in my "ng-model" directive, when I type something to filter the option label should show "/home/Java" but once I click it I want to see in the original input field as the result of my selection "Java". The library uses "item-view-value-key" to define the label in the list and what to show in the input after select. What I suggested is to use the value in "item-value-key" to define what will be showed in the input after select the option with "/home/Java".

<input ion-autocomplete ... ng-model="object" item-value-key="name" item-view-value-key="path" ... />

[guylabs]

Hi @rodrigobnn,

ok so you mean that you want to store the value Java but displaying /home/Java in the list when you filter and when you then select the /home/Java item it should show Java again in the input field right?

Well this is not supported currently and I do not see the added value of it. Imagine that the user selects value A and then it converts it to another value when selected. This can confuse the user as the value is not the same as the user selected initially.

I think the problem would be solved on your side when issue #28 is implemented as then you can override the render function and have your custom logic there.

I hope this is ok for you and I try to add this as soon as possible.

Thanks and regards,

Guy

[guylabs]

Hi @rodrigobnn,

I will close the issue due to inactivity. Please reopen it if there is still an issue.

Thanks and regards,

Guy