Limit number suggestions display in typeahead.js

Question

As the title, I want to ask: "Is it possible to limit the suggestions displayed in typeahead?"

For example, I have 3 datasets, each dataset has 10000 results (from the query). And a subject started with character t is about 3000 results or may be more.

What will happened if I type t in the input ? 3000 result display or ... ?

Or is there any way to force user type specific characters then display suggestions ? (Like I must type tem, single character like t will not be accpeted)

Soembawa

Answer 1

You should use a combination of limit and minLength. limit is the max number of suggestions that will be displayed for a given query (defaults to 5) and minLength is the minimum number of characters a query needs before suggestions start to get rendered (defaults to 0).

Griff

Actually default value for minLength is 1(at least now) github.com/twitter/typeahead.js/blob/master/src/typeahead/… – Willaims

this is not valid for the latest. if you are using bloodhound, limit is an option on bloodhound, while minLength is an option on typeahead – Ragouzis

I needed to add the 'items' option instead of 'limit'. I have bootstrap3-typeahead.js v3.1.0 – Ful

Answer 2

The default limit is 5, you can set the "limit" option to what you want.

Read the doc ;-)

Trinetta

Answer 3

For limiting suggestions Use "items: x", where x will be the number of suggestion to be displayed after typing some character. e.g, if items: 5, then 5 suggestions will be shown at max for whatever you typed.

Crucifer