Using FormatResult and underline feature together

[dand...@geac.com]

I want to use the FormatResult feature to format the display but when I type characters to search for, the correct items are shown in the list but the characters are not underlined like they are if I do not use FormatResult. Is there a way to get both features to work together?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Dave Anderson

[Igor Vaynberg]

select2 exports the function it uses to do the underlining here:

window.Select2.util.markMatch

here is how it is used in the default formatter:

formatResult: function(result, container, query, escapeMarkup) {
var markup=[];
markMatch(result.text, query.term, markup, escapeMarkup);
return markup.join("");
},

you can do the same but you have to reference it via the export above.

-igor

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[dand...@geac.com]

Thanks Igor for your prompt response! I was able to do what you suggested but the issue that I was trying to solve was actually that your markMatch function adds span tags with the class around the matches to underline them but I am using html tags to format my information and when you add a span around the search terms within the html tags (ie. if I search for ta, it finds table) and the formating no longer works because the begin tag is invalid now. Not sure if you have a workaround for this or maybe plans to update the markMatch function to ignore matches within tags <> in the future? Thanks again!

Dave

[Igor Vaynberg]

you have to run markMatch on your text before you construct html. if
you receive html from server then you need to roll your own markMatch.

-igor

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:51 AM, <dand...@geac.com> wrote:
> Thanks Igor for your prompt response! I was able to do what you suggested but the issue that I was trying to solve was actually that your markMatch function adds span tags with the class around the matches to underline them but I am using html tags to format my information and when you add a span around the search terms within the html tags (ie. if I search for ta, it finds table) and the formating no longer works because the begin tag is invalid now. Not sure if you have a workaround for this or maybe plans to update the markMatch function to ignore matches within tags <> in the future? Thanks again!
>
> Dave
>