I have a search component in Vue.js
. When you type into the text input, a list of search results is fetched from the server, then displayed in a list beneath the search field. When you click one of the results, the submit
event fires.
However, now I tried adding a blur event to the text input, which should hide the list of results when the user clicks away from the input. This works fine, except for one crucial situation - clicking on a result no longer fires the submit
event.
I understand why this is - the blur
event apparently fires before the click
event, and hides the results list before the click can be registered on one of the results. My question is, how do I get around this? I need the results list to close when clicking outside the text input, but I obviously also need the submit
method to function.
Here is the component in full:
<template>
<div class="search basic-search">
<input type="text" v-model="search_string" v-on:keyup="search" v-on:focus="activate" v-on:blur="inactivate" class="form-control search" placeholder="Search stocks" />
<div :class="['search-results', active === true ? 'active' : '']">
<div class="search-result" v-for="result in search_results" v-on:click="submit(result.id)">
{{ result.name }} ({{ result.ticker }})
</div>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
data: function() {
return {
search_string : '',
search_results : [],
active : false
};
},
methods : {
search : function() {
const axios_data = {
_token : $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content'),
str : this.search_string
};
axios.post('/stock-search', axios_data).then(response => {
if(response.data.success){
this.search_results = response.data.stocks;
this.active = true;
}
});
},
activate : function() {
if(this.search_string !== '')
this.active = true;
},
inactivate : function() {
this.active = false;
},
submit : function(stock_id) {
document.location = "/graphs/" + stock_id;
}
}
}
</script>
You could delay the hiding of the box until click
fires
inactivate : function() {
setTimeout( () => this.active = false, 100)
},
You may also try to use mousedown
instead of click
<div class="search-result" v-for="result in search_results" v-on:mousedown="submit(result.id)">
I don't know if the order of the events is determined, but mousedown should be triggered before blur.