Prevent clearing value on click outside

[clementmas]

Is it possible to keep the input value when clicking outside the input instead of automatically clearing it?

From what I understand, clicking outside the input closes the Select and always triggers clearInputValue().

Thanks!

[martinpengellyphillips]

Curious what the use case for this would be?

[clementmas]

It's for a city search autocomplete similar to Photon, Geoapify or even Google Maps. Clicking away does not clear the value.

I'm using createSelect combined with async options. It works great but I'd rather clear the value manually when an option has been selected.

[martinpengellyphillips]

Interesting. I'm not sure preventing clearing the input would be enough for your use case - currently the logic might hide the input entirely as well. This is because a displayed value can be more complex (elements) than the editable text input.

I wonder though; would setting the value on click away solve the same problem. Essentially track the input value (onInput) and then set the value (e.g. initialValue) to that onBlur.

Might be confusing though that on refocus the text isn't editable / positionable. You'd likely need to have a custom Select component to improve that.

[clementmas]

Hi Martin, thanks for your feedback. I'm already using a custom <Select /> component with createSelect.

I do want to close the result list when clicking away but not clearing the value. At the moment, I don't see any clean way to do it.

import { createSignal, createResource } from 'solid-js';
import { createSelect } from '@thisbeyond/solid-select';
import { debounce } from '@solid-primitives/scheduled';

export default function Select(props) {
  // Copied from solid-select `createAsyncOptions` but adding debounce
  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = createSignal();
  const [asyncOptions] = createResource(inputValue, props.onSearch, {
    initialValue: [],
  });

  const select = createSelect({
    get options() {
      return asyncOptions();
    },
    onInput: debounce(setInputValue, 400),
    onChange: props.onChange,
  });

  return (
    <div ref={select.containerRef}>
      {/* Input */}
      <input
        ref={select.inputRef}
        disabled={select.disabled}
      />

      {/* Result list */}
      <Show when={select.isOpen && !asyncOptions.loading}>
        <div ref={select.listRef}>
          <For each={select.options}>{/*  */}</For>
        </div>
      </Show>
    </div>
  );
}

I might just leave it like that. The rest is working well.

[clementmas]

Hi Martin,

The recent update makes it easier to use createSelect with a custom <Select /> component.

However the value is still being cleared whenever the list is closed:

solid-select/src/create-select.tsx

Line 163 in f0ec2c8

setInputValue("");

Can it be replaced by setIsActive(false) and move setInputValue('') to the built-in <Select /> component?

I can understand if that's not a priority/concern. If so, I'll find another solution. Thanks!