deck.js

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function AutocompleteDeck(el) {
    this.wrapper = el;

    this.input = this.wrapper.find('input[type=text].autocomplete')
    this.valueSelect = this.wrapper.find('select.valueSelect');
    this.payload = $.parseJSON(this.wrapper.find('.json_payload').html());
    this.deck = this.wrapper.find('.deck');
    this.addTemplate = this.wrapper.find('.add_template .result');

    this.getValue = function(result) {
        return result.data('value');
    };
    this.initializeAutocomplete = function() {
        this.autocomplete = this.input.yourlabs_autocomplete(this.autocompleteOptions);
    };
    this.bindSelectOption = function() {
        this.input.bind('selectOption', function(e, option) {
            if (!option.length)
                return // placeholder: create option here

            var wrapper = $(this).parents('.autocomplete_light_widget');
            var deck = wrapper.yourlabs_deck();

            deck.selectOption(option);
        });
    };
    this.freeDeck = function() {
#

Remove an item if the deck is already full

        if (this.payload.max_items && this.deck.children().length >= this.payload.max_items) {
            var remove = $(this.deck.children()[0]);
            this.valueSelect.find('option[data-value='+remove.attr('data-value')+']').attr(
                'selected', '').remove();
            remove.remove();
        }
    }
    this.updateDisplay = function() {
        this.input.val('');

        if (this.payload.max_items && this.valueSelect.find('option:selected').length == this.payload.max_items) {
            this.input.hide();
        } else {
            this.input.show();
        }

        this.deck.show();
    }
    this.addToDeck = function(result, value) {
        var item = this.deck.find('[data-value='+value+']');
        if (!item.length) {
            var result = result.clone();
#

Might be necessary for created values.

            if (!result.attr('data-value')) {
                result.attr('data-value', value);
            }

            this.deck.append(result);
            result.append('<span class="remove">' + this.wrapper.find('.remove').html() + '</span>');
        }
    }
    this.addToSelect = function(result, value) {
        var option = this.valueSelect.find('option[value='+value+']');
        if (! option.length) {
            this.valueSelect.append(
                '<option selected="selected" value="'+ value +'"></option>');
            option = this.valueSelect.find('option[value='+value+']');
        }
        option.attr('selected', 'selected');
        this.valueSelect.trigger('change');
    }
    this.selectOption = function(result) {
#

Get the value for this result.

        var value = this.getValue(result);

        this.freeDeck();
        this.addToDeck(result, value);
        this.addToSelect(result, value);
        this.updateDisplay();
    }
    this.deselectOption = function(result) {
        var value = this.getValue(result);

        this.valueSelect.find('option[value='+value+']').remove();
        this.valueSelect.trigger('change');
        result.remove();

        if (this.deck.find('*').length == 0) {
            this.deck.hide();
        }

        if (this.payload.max_items && this.valueSelect.find('option').length < this.payload.max_items) {
            this.input.show();
        }
    };
    this.autocompletId = this.input.attr('id');
    this.autocompleteOptions = {
        url: this.payload.channel.url,
        id: this.autocompletId,
        iterablesSelector: '.result',
        minCharacters: this.payload.min_characters,
        outerContainerClasses: 'autocomplete_light_widget',
        defaultValue: this.payload.placeholder,
    }
    this.initialize = function() {
        var results = this.deck.find('.result');

        results.append(this.wrapper.find('.remove:last').clone().show());
        if (this.payload.max_items > 0 && results.length == this.payload.max_items) {
            this.input.hide();
        }

        this.initializeAutocomplete();
        this.bindSelectOption();
    }
}

$.fn.yourlabs_deck = function(overrides) {
    var id;
    overrides = overrides ? overrides : {};
    id = overrides.id || this.attr('id');

    if (!(id && this)) {
        alert('failure: the element needs an id attribute, or an id option must be passed');
        return false;
    }

    if ($.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry == undefined) {
        $.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry = {};
    }

    if ($.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry[id] == undefined) {
        $.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry[id] = new AutocompleteDeck(this);
        $.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry[id] = $.extend($.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry[id], overrides);
        $.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry[id].initialize();
        $.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry[id].wrapper.attr('data-deckready', 1);
        $.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry[id].wrapper.trigger('deckready');
    }

    return $.fn.yourlabs_deck.registry[id];
}

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.autocomplete_light_widget[data-bootstrap=normal]').each(function() {
        var deck = $(this).yourlabs_deck();
    });

    $('.autocomplete_light_widget .deck .remove').live('click', function() {
        var wrapper = $(this).parents('.autocomplete_light_widget');
        if (!wrapper.length) return;
        var deck = wrapper.yourlabs_deck();
        var selector = deck.input.yourlabs_autocomplete().iterablesSelector;
        var result = $(this).parents(selector);
        deck.deselectOption(result);
    });
#

support values added directly in the select via js (ie. admin + sign) for this, we make one timer that regularely checks for values in the select that are not in the deck. The reason for that is that change is not triggered when options are added like this: $('select#id_dependencies').append( '')

    function updateDecks() {
        $('.autocomplete_light_widget[data-deckready=1]').each(function() {
            var deck = $(this).yourlabs_deck();
            var value = deck.valueSelect.val();

            function updateValueDisplay(value) {
                if (!value) return;

                var result = deck.deck.find('[data-value='+value+']');
                if (!result.length) {
                    var result = deck.addTemplate.clone();
                    var html = deck.valueSelect.find('option[value='+value+']').html();
                    result.html(html);
                    result.attr('data-value', value);
                    deck.selectOption(result);
                }
            }

            if (value instanceof Array) {
                for(var i=0; i<value.length; i++) {
                    updateValueDisplay(value[i]);
                }
            } else {
                updateValueDisplay(value);
            }
        });
        setTimeout(updateDecks, 2000);
    }
    setTimeout(updateDecks, 1000);
});