autocomplete for add link dialog, #203

src/public/javascripts/dialogs/add_link.js

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const $prefixFormGroup = $("#add-link-prefix-form-group");
 const $linkTypeDiv = $("#add-link-type-div");
 const $linkTypes = $("input[name='add-link-type']");
 const $linkTypeHtml = $linkTypes.filter('input[value="html"]');
-const $showRecentNotesButton = $dialog.find(".show-recent-notes-button");
 
 function setLinkType(linkType) {
     $linkTypes.each(function () {
@@ -51,50 +50,31 @@ async function showDialog() {
         $linkTitle.val(noteTitle);
     }
 
-    await $autoComplete.autocomplete({
-        source: noteAutocompleteService.autocompleteSource,
-        minLength: 0,
-        change: async (event, ui) => {
-            if (!ui.item) {
-                return;
-            }
+    noteAutocompleteService.initNoteAutocomplete($autoComplete);
 
-            const notePath = linkService.getNotePathFromLabel(ui.item.value);
+    $autoComplete.on('autocomplete:selected', function(event, suggestion, dataset) {
+        if (!suggestion.path) {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-            if (!notePath) {
-                return;
-            }
+        const noteId = treeUtils.getNoteIdFromNotePath(suggestion.path);
 
-            const noteId = treeUtils.getNoteIdFromNotePath(notePath);
-
-            if (noteId) {
-                await setDefaultLinkTitle(noteId);
-            }
-        },
-        select: function (event, ui) {
-            if (ui.item.value === 'No results') {
-                return false;
-            }
-        },
-        // this is called when user goes through autocomplete list with keyboard
-        // at this point the item isn't selected yet so we use supplied ui.item to see WHERE the cursor is
-        focus: async (event, ui) => {
-            const notePath = linkService.getNotePathFromLabel(ui.item.value);
-            const noteId = treeUtils.getNoteIdFromNotePath(notePath);
-
-            await setDefaultLinkTitle(noteId);
-
-            event.preventDefault();
+        if (noteId) {
+            setDefaultLinkTitle(noteId);
         }
     });
 
-    showRecentNotes();
+    $autoComplete.on('autocomplete:cursorchanged', function(event, suggestion, dataset) {
+        const noteId = treeUtils.getNoteIdFromNotePath(suggestion.path);
+
+        setDefaultLinkTitle(noteId);
+    });
+
+    noteAutocompleteService.showRecentNotes($autoComplete);
 }
 
 $form.submit(() => {
-    const value = $autoComplete.val();
-
-    const notePath = linkService.getNotePathFromLabel(value);
+    const notePath = $autoComplete.getSelectedPath();
     const noteId = treeUtils.getNoteIdFromNotePath(notePath);
 
     if (notePath) {
@@ -131,6 +111,9 @@ $form.submit(() => {
             $dialog.modal('hide');
         }
     }
+    else {
+        console.error("No path to add link.");
+    }
 
     return false;
 });
@@ -152,14 +135,8 @@ function linkTypeChanged() {
     $linkTypeDiv.toggle(!hasSelection());
 }
 
-function showRecentNotes() {
-    $autoComplete.autocomplete("search", "");
-}
-
 $linkTypes.change(linkTypeChanged);
 
-$showRecentNotesButton.click(showRecentNotes);
-
 export default {
     showDialog
 };

src/public/javascripts/dialogs/jump_to_note.js

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import noteAutocompleteService from '../services/note_autocomplete.js';
 const $dialog = $("#jump-to-note-dialog");
 const $autoComplete = $("#jump-to-note-autocomplete");
 const $showInFullTextButton = $("#show-in-full-text-button");
-const $showRecentNotesButton = $dialog.find(".show-recent-notes-button");
 
 $dialog.on("shown.bs.modal", e => $autoComplete.focus());
 
@@ -45,11 +44,8 @@ function showInFullText(e) {
 }
 
 
-
 $showInFullTextButton.click(showInFullText);
 
-$showRecentNotesButton.click(noteAutocompleteService.showRecentNotes);
-
 $dialog.bind('keydown', 'ctrl+return', showInFullText);
 
 export default {

src/public/javascripts/services/note_autocomplete.js

@@ -44,11 +44,17 @@ function initNoteAutocomplete($el) {
                 displayKey: 'title',
                 templates: {
                     suggestion: function(suggestion) {
-                        return suggestion.title;
+                        return suggestion.highlighted;
                     }
                 }
             }
         ]);
+
+        $el.on('autocomplete:selected', function(event, suggestion, dataset) {
+            $el.prop("data-selected-path", suggestion.path);
+        });
+
+        $el.getSelectedPath = () => $el.prop("data-selected-path");
     }
 
     return $el;

src/routes/api/autocomplete.js

@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ async function getRecentNotes(currentNoteId) {
       LIMIT 200`, [currentNoteId]);
 
     return recentNotes.map(rn => {
+        const title = noteCacheService.getNoteTitleForPath(rn.notePath.split('/'));
+
         return {
             path: rn.notePath,
-            title: noteCacheService.getNoteTitleForPath(rn.notePath.split('/'))
+            title: title,
+            highlighted: title
         };
     });
 }

src/services/note_cache.js

@@ -43,11 +43,15 @@ function highlightResults(results, allTokens) {
     // sort by the longest so we first highlight longest matches
     allTokens.sort((a, b) => a.length > b.length ? -1 : 1);
 
+    for (const result of results) {
+        result.highlighted = result.title;
+    }
+
     for (const token of allTokens) {
         const tokenRegex = new RegExp("(" + utils.escapeRegExp(token) + ")", "gi");
 
         for (const result of results) {
-            result.title = result.title.replace(tokenRegex, "<b>$1</b>");
+            result.highlighted = result.highlighted.replace(tokenRegex, "<b>$1</b>");
         }
     }
 }
@@ -58,7 +62,8 @@ function findNotes(query) {
     }
 
     // trim is necessary because even with .split() trailing spaces are tokens which causes havoc
-    const allTokens = query.trim().toLowerCase().split(" ");
+    // filtering '/' because it's used as separator
+    const allTokens = query.trim().toLowerCase().split(" ").filter(token => token !== '/');
     const tokens = allTokens.slice();
     const results = [];
 

src/views/dialogs/add_link.ejs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div id="add-link-dialog" class="modal fade mx-auto" tabindex="-1" role="dialog">
+<div id="add-link-dialog" class="modal mx-auto" tabindex="-1" role="dialog">
   <div class="modal-dialog modal-lg" style="max-width: 1000px" role="document">
     <div class="modal-content">
       <div class="modal-header">
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 
               <div class="input-group">
                 <input id="note-autocomplete" class="form-control" placeholder="search for note by its name">
-
-                <div class="input-group-append">
-                  <span class="input-group-text show-recent-notes-button" title="Show recent notes"></span>
-                </div>
               </div>
             </div>
 
@@ -46,7 +42,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
         <div class="modal-footer" style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between;">
-          <button class="btn btn-primary">Add note link <kbd>enter</kbd></button>
+          <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Add note link <kbd>enter</kbd></button>
 
           <button class="btn btn-sm" type="button" data-help-page="Links">
             <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign"></i> Help