Expose the sugestions through an event

[kavi87]

When searching for an element, I'd like to retrieve the list of sugestions that match the search filter.

Why ? I'd like to offer an alternative to the user if the result is empty.

[smithk58]

I think you could solve this using the typeahead (similar to how they do it in the demo: https://github.com/ng-select/ng-select/blob/master/demo/app/examples/search.component.ts).

With the typeahead being used in your [items] call you can pretty much have full control over whatever you want to do to the items before they're displayed in the control.

For example, I didn't want it to spam my backend too much, so I took their example and modified it to return an empty list if the search term is too short or if it's not defined.

this.searchMembersTerm$.pipe(
        debounceTime(500),
        distinctUntilChanged(),
        switchMap(term => {
          // Return empty list if no search term or < 2 characters, otherwise execute member search
          if (!term || term.length < 2) {
            return of([]);
          } else {
            this.searchLoading = true;
            return obfuscatingMyService.pipe(
              catchError(() => of([])), // empty list on error
              tap(() => this.searchLoading = false)
            );
          }
        })
      )

[ratiuandreea]

Is there a way to make loading specific to an input? I have to loop through an array and show 8 inputs let's say. This searchLoading is general for any input and the loading icon appears on each of the 8 inputs from the for loop.

[benj0c]

Features like this one, you should put in changelog file as breaking changes or am I wrong?