Material autocomplete not displaying list on click

Question

I have a material autocomplete.

I am making an ngrx call to pull the data.

 //parentcomponent.ts
 this.store.select(fromStore.getSearchFormStateMessageTypeListData).subscribe(msgTypeList => {
  if (msgTypeList.length > 0) {
    console.log('msgtypelist ='+msgTypeList)
    for (var i = 0; i < msgTypeList.length; i++) {
      this.messageTypeList.push(msgTypeList[i]);
    }
  }
  else {
    this.store.dispatch(new fromStore.GetGlobalSearchMessageTypeList({}));
  }
})


//parentcomponent.html

 <mat-card style="margin: 1px;">
    <search-form [messageTypeList]="messageTypeList"  (onSearchData)="searchButtonClick($event)" [rowData]="rowData | async">
   </search-form>
</mat-card>

From the parent I am passing the msgTypeList to the child.

In the child, I am binding the autocomplete to the list but the list is not displaying anything when we click inside.

It only displays options when we type something in the input box ( which filters the options )

 //childcomponent.html
 <form [formGroup]="searchForm" id="searchForm" style="width:100%;height:70%" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()">
<tr>
<td class="input-form" style="padding-right:4%;width:10%">
   <mat-form-field>
     <input type="text" placeholder="Message Type" aria-label="Assignee"  formControlName="msgType" matInput [matAutocomplete]="autoMsgType">
     <mat-autocomplete #autoMsgType="matAutocomplete" placeholder="Message Type" [displayWith]="displayMessageTypeFn">
          <mat-option *ngFor="let messageType of filteredMessageTypeList | async | sort:'msgType'" [value]="messageType">{{messageType.msgType}}</mat-option>
       </mat-autocomplete>
  </mat-form-field>
 </td>
</tr>
</form>

Below is the child.ts file

   //childcomponent.ts
searchForm: FormGroup;

  ngOnInit() {
this.searchForm = this.formBuilder.group({
      direction: [null],
      msgType: [null, Validators.nullValidator],
     });
    this.filterMessageTypeLists();
     }



filterMessageTypeLists() {
    this.filteredMessageTypeList = this.searchForm.controls['msgType'].valueChanges.pipe(
      startWith<string | any>(''),
      map(value => typeof value === 'string' ? value : value.msgType),
      map(msgType => msgType ? this._msg_filter(msgType, this.messageTypeList) : this.messageTypeList.slice())
    );
  }


     private _msg_filter(msgType: string, lists: any[]): any[] {
    const filterValue = msgType.toLowerCase();
    return lists.filter(option => option.msgType.toLowerCase().includes(msgType.toLowerCase()))
      }

  displayMessageTypeFn(field?: any): string | undefined {
return field ? field.msgType : undefined;;
 }

Issue is if I click in the autocomplete input, it should open the list but nothing displays

However if we enter anything in the input box, the options are then displayed

Answer 1

I had the same problem.

Make sure this.messageTypeList has values in it during the map() call

My issue was that didn't have anything in my array so it showed as blank.

ngOnInit() {
// I subscribed to messageTypeList; 
// Then I did my control.onValueChanged( map... map...);
}

It should be

ngOnInit() {
  ObservableList.subscribe(array => {
     messageTypeList = array;
     control.onValueChanged( // do your mapping filter stuff);
  });
}

As long as you have values in your list it should show up.

Answer 2

You simply need to call the form.valueChanges just after get your data instead of execute it in init function like this :

this.data1.getArticleS().subscribe(a => {
        this.tabArticle = a;
        console.log(a);
        this.filteredArticles = this.stockForm.get('article').valueChanges //erreur angular qui fonctionne bug interpreter ?
            .pipe(
                startWith(''),
                map(value => typeof value === 'string' ? value : value.name),
                map(name => name ? this._filter(name) : this.tabArticle.slice()));

    });

Answer 3

you can simply set the value for searchForm in ngAfterViewInit lifecycle hook

ngAfterViewInit(): void { this.searchForm .setValue(''); }