README.md
# Awesomplete
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https://leaverou.github.io/awesomplete/
Awesomplete is an ultra lightweight, customizable, simple autocomplete widget with zero dependencies, built with modern standards for modern browsers.
## Installation
There are a few ways to obtain the needed files.
Here are 2 of them:
1. CDN server
```sh
https://cdnjs.com/libraries/awesomplete
```
2. Another way to get up and running is by using `yarn` or `npm`:
```sh
yarn add awesomplete
```
```sh
npm install awesomplete --save
```
More information about the npm package can be found [here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/awesomplete).
## Basic Usage
Before you try anything, you need to include awesomplete.css and awesomplete.js in your page, via the usual tags:
```html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="awesomplete.css" />
<script src="awesomplete.js" async></script>
```
Then you can add an Awesomplete widget by adding the following input tag:
```html
<input class="awesomplete"
data-list="Ada, Java, JavaScript, Brainfuck, LOLCODE, Node.js, Ruby on Rails" />
```
Add `class="awesomplete"` for it to be automatically processed (you can still specify many options via HTML attributes)
Otherwise you can instantiate with a few lines of JS code, which allow for more customization.
There are many ways to link an input to a list of suggestions.
The simple example above could have also been made with the following markup, which provides a nice native fallback in case the script doesn’t load:
```html
<input class="awesomplete" list="mylist" />
<datalist id="mylist">
<option>Ada</option>
<option>Java</option>
<option>JavaScript</option>
<option>Brainfuck</option>
<option>LOLCODE</option>
<option>Node.js</option>
<option>Ruby on Rails</option>
</datalist>
```
Or the following, if you don’t want to use a `<datalist>`, or if you don’t want to use IDs (since any selector will work in data-list):
```html
<input class="awesomplete" data-list="#mylist" />
<ul id="mylist">
<li>Ada</li>
<li>Java</li>
<li>JavaScript</li>
<li>Brainfuck</li>
<li>LOLCODE</li>
<li>Node.js</li>
<li>Ruby on Rails</li>
</ul>
```
There are multiple customizations and properties able to be instantiated within the JS. Libraries and definitions of the properties are available in the Links below.
## Options
| JS Property | HTML Attribute | Description | Value | Default |
| ----------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------ |
| `list` | `data-list` | Where to find the list of suggestions. | Array of strings, HTML element, CSS selector (no groups, i.e. no commas), String containing a comma-separated list of items | N/A |
| `minChars` | `data-minchars` | Minimum characters the user has to type before the autocomplete popup shows up. | Number | `2` |
| `maxItems` | `data-maxitems` | Maximum number of suggestions to display. | Number | `10` |
| `autoFirst` | `data-autofirst` | Should the first element be automatically | Boolean | `false` |
| `listLabel` | `data-listlabel` | Denotes a label to be used as aria-label on the generated autocomplete list. | String | Results List |
## License
Awesomplete is released under the MIT License. See [LICENSE][1] file for
details.
## Links
The official site for the library is at <https://leaverou.github.io/awesomplete/>.
Documentation for the API and other topics is at
<https://leaverou.github.io/awesomplete/#api>.
Created by Lea Verou and other fantastic contributors.
[1]: https://github.com/LeaVerou/awesomplete/blob/gh-pages/LICENSE