Ok, I have the following HTML source:
<form method="post" action="/" id="search">
<input list="animals" name="animal">
<datalist id="animals">
<option label="Alaskan Malamute" data-id="d8c" value="Dog">
<option label="Siberian Husky" data-id="w30" value="Dog">
<option label="Aegean" data-id="rxx" value="Cat">
</datalist>
</form>
And the JS
function doKeyUp(e) {
if (e.preventDefault) e.preventDefault();
if(e.keyCode == 37 || e.keyCode == 38 || e.keyCode == 39 || e.keyCode == 40 ) {return;}
var input = document.getElementById("animal");
var search_after = input.value.trim();
var form = document.getElementsByTagName("form")[0];
var datalist = document.getElementsByTagName('datalist')[0];
if (search_after.length >= 2) {
if (e.keyCode == 13 && search_after.length >= 3) {
var id = "value of data-id";
// How to obtain and submit the `data-id` of the selected option.
document.getElementById("search").submit();
}
}
} // dokeyup
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
document.getElementById("search").onsubmit = function (e) {
console.log("SUBMIT");
return false;
};
document.addEventListener( "keyup", doKeyUp, true);
});
When the user then selects an option, how do I get the data-id
of the selected <option>
- which is the actual data I want to submit and process on the server side.
This is a project where I'm trying to write everything by my self, no jQuery this time.
Know I can do console.log(datalist.options[1]);
, but can not figure how I obtain the selected index.
Update March 4: Must ask again, no one who has any tips for me ?
Still not figured this out, and have really run out of ideas... The last I've tried stopped at, before the form submission:
for (var i=0; i<document.getElementById('animals').options.length; i++) {
if (document.getElementById('animals').options[i].value == document.getElementsByName("animal")[0].value) {
var id = document.getElementById('animals').options[i].getAttribute('data-id');
break;
}
}
Is it in any way possible to get the selected index of the chosen option - or am I still on the wrong path ? This above stops at the first element, anyway.
Check this answer as jquery solution .. & sorry for late reply .
$(function(){
$('#p').click(function(){
console.log($("#animals option[value='" + $('#someid').val() + "']").attr('data-id'));
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form method="post" action="/" id="search">
<input list="animals" name="animal" id="someid">
<datalist id="animals">
<option label="Alaskan Malamute" data-id="d8c" value="Dog">
<option label="Siberian Husky" data-id="w30" value="Dog">
<option label="Aegean" data-id="rxx" value="Cat">
</datalist>
<span id="p">Click</span>
</form>