First of all, I really hope for everyone's understanding and tolerance. This question is quite specific, so please no more radicalism / down-voting / putting on hold. We are all here to learn something new and share knowledge, not aggression. Many thanks.
The question: I am trying to follow this example but this does not seem to show anything in Chrome. The link shows what is expected. What I get is just blank page in browser. Can anyone tell exactly why?
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html ng-app="autocompleteDemo">
<head>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<title>Shanid KV | AngularJS Dynamic Form Fields</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.25/angular.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
angular
.module('autocompleteDemo', ['ngMaterial'])
.controller('DemoCtrl', DemoCtrl);
function DemoCtrl ($timeout, $q, $log) {
var self = this;
self.simulateQuery = false;
self.isDisabled = false;
// list of `state` value/display objects
self.states = loadAll();
self.querySearch = querySearch;
self.selectedItemChange = selectedItemChange;
self.searchTextChange = searchTextChange;
self.newState = newState;
function newState(state) {
alert("Sorry! You'll need to create a Constituion for " + state + " first!");
}
// ******************************
// Internal methods
// ******************************
/**
* Search for states... use $timeout to simulate
* remote dataservice call.
*/
function querySearch (query) {
var results = query ? self.states.filter( createFilterFor(query) ) : self.states,
deferred;
if (self.simulateQuery) {
deferred = $q.defer();
$timeout(function () { deferred.resolve( results ); }, Math.random() * 1000, false);
return deferred.promise;
} else {
return results;
}
}
function searchTextChange(text) {
$log.info('Text changed to ' + text);
}
function selectedItemChange(item) {
$log.info('Item changed to ' + JSON.stringify(item));
}
/**
* Build `states` list of key/value pairs
*/
function loadAll() {
var allStates = 'Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,\
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,\
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,\
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina,\
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,\
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia,\
Wisconsin, Wyoming';
return allStates.split(/, +/g).map( function (state) {
return {
value: state.toLowerCase(),
display: state
};
});
}
/**
* Create filter function for a query string
*/
function createFilterFor(query) {
var lowercaseQuery = angular.lowercase(query);
return function filterFn(state) {
return (state.value.indexOf(lowercaseQuery) === 0);
};
}
}
</script>
<link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div ng-controller="DemoCtrl as ctrl" layout="column" ng-cloak>
<md-content class="md-padding">
<form ng-submit="$event.preventDefault()">
<p>Use <code>md-autocomplete</code> to search for matches from local or remote data sources.</p>
<md-autocomplete
ng-disabled="ctrl.isDisabled"
md-no-cache="ctrl.noCache"
md-selected-item="ctrl.selectedItem"
md-search-text-change="ctrl.searchTextChange(ctrl.searchText)"
md-search-text="ctrl.searchText"
md-selected-item-change="ctrl.selectedItemChange(item)"
md-items="item in ctrl.querySearch(ctrl.searchText)"
md-item-text="item.display"
md-min-length="0"
placeholder="What is your favorite US state?">
<md-item-template>
<span md-highlight-text="ctrl.searchText" md-highlight-flags="^i">{{item.display}}</span>
</md-item-template>
<md-not-found>
No states matching "{{ctrl.searchText}}" were found.
<a ng-click="ctrl.newState(ctrl.searchText)">Create a new one!</a>
</md-not-found>
</md-autocomplete>
<br/>
<md-checkbox ng-model="ctrl.simulateQuery">Simulate query for results?</md-checkbox>
<md-checkbox ng-model="ctrl.noCache">Disable caching of queries?</md-checkbox>
<md-checkbox ng-model="ctrl.isDisabled">Disable the input?</md-checkbox>
<p>By default, <code>md-autocomplete</code> will cache results when performing a query. After the initial call is performed, it will use the cached results to eliminate unnecessary server requests or lookup logic. This can be disabled above.</p>
</form>
</md-content>
</div>
</body>
</html>