I'm trying to populate a datatable data dynamically with a datalist in one column using ajax server request.
From Php
<span class="input-group-btn">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-clear btn-clear-datalist-dropdown"> <i class="fa fa-trash-o text-primary "></i></button>
</span>
<datalist id="dtlstTransferAcc" class="dropdown-menu-byval div-GL-list div-input-transferacc-list">
<option class="dropdown-item" data-id="0" value="Enter Input Tax Account keyword in the search box and press Enter">
<!-- dynamic list on ENTER keys-->
</datalist>
From the dynamic datalist I am able to send another ajax server request and populate the datalist options successfully.
Javascript
// target the datalist in same table row
var div_dropitem_list = $(this).closest('.input-datalist-dropdown').find('.div-GL-list');
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "js/gl.php",
data: {
'a': 'GL-DATA-LIST',
'keyword': $(this).val(),
},
success: function(data) {
console.log(data);
$(div_dropitem_list).html(data);
}
});
Console log confirm the ajax data and the datalist options are populated.
However the datalist popup is not showing with the options dynamic data
You should specify thevalue
attribute on eachoption
in thedatalist
. That attribute is used to search in the list as well as providing a value to be selected in theinput
which is likely will be sent to the server.
In your case, you should haveoption
s with avalue
attribute, for example:<option value="4316 | Exchange" data-id="985" class="dropdown-item cursor-pointer">
Here's a simple demo:
<!-- to link an input with a datalist, the input must have a "list" attribute pointing to the datalist having the same "id" -->
<!-- in other words, input "list" attribute must be the same as datalist "id" -->
<label for="ice-cream-choice">Choose a flavor:</label>
<input list="ice-cream-flavors" id="ice-cream-choice" name="ice-cream-choice" />
<datalist id="ice-cream-flavors">
<option value="Chocolate">
<option value="Coconut">
<option value="Mint">
<option value="Strawberry">
<option value="Vanilla">
</datalist>
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