---
{
	"title": "Datalist polyfill (auto-complete) - Dynamic",
	"language": "en",
	"category": "Polyfills",
	"description": "Demonstrates how to dynamically update the contents of the datalist element, based upon user input. Particularly useful where there are a large number of auto-complete suggestions.",
	"tag": "datalist",
	"parentdir": "datalist",
	"altLangPrefix": "datalist-dynamic",
	"js": ["demo/datalist_dynamic"],
	"dateModified": "2023-04-14"
}
---
<section>
	<h2>Purpose</h2>
	<p>Demonstrates how to dynamically update the contents of the datalist element, based upon user input. Particularly useful where there are a large number of auto-complete suggestions.</p>
</section>

<section>
	<h2>Example</h2>
	<form action="#" method="get">
		<fieldset>
			<legend>Select an issues</legend>
			<div class="form-group">
				<label for="plugin">Plugin</label>
				<select class="form-control" id="plugin" name="plugin">
					<option label="Select a plugin"> </option>
					<option value="Multimedia player">Multimedia Player</option>
					<option value="Lightbox">Lightbox</option>
				</select>
			</div>
			<div class="form-group">
				<label for="issue">Issue</label>
				<input class="form-control" type="text" id="issue" name="issue" list="issues" />
			</div>
			<datalist id="issues">
				<!--[if lte IE 9]><select><![endif]-->
				<!--[if lte IE 9]></select><![endif]-->
			</datalist>
		</fieldset>
	</form>

	<details>
		<summary>View code</summary>
		<section>
			<h3>HTML</h3>
			<pre><code>&lt;form action=&quot;#&quot; method=&quot;get&quot;&gt;
	&lt;fieldset&gt;
		&lt;legend&gt;Select an issues&lt;/legend&gt;
		&lt;div class=&quot;form-group&quot;&gt;
			&lt;label for=&quot;plugin&quot;&gt;Plugin&lt;/label&gt;
			&lt;select class=&quot;form-control&quot; id=&quot;plugin&quot; name=&quot;plugin&quot;&gt;
				&lt;option label=&quot;Select a plugin&quot;&gt; &lt;/option&gt;
				&lt;option value=&quot;Multimedia player&quot;&gt;Multimedia Player&lt;/option&gt;
				&lt;option value=&quot;Lightbox&quot;&gt;Lightbox&lt;/option&gt;
			&lt;/select&gt;
		&lt;/div&gt;
		&lt;div class=&quot;form-group&quot;&gt;
			&lt;label for=&quot;issue&quot;&gt;Issue&lt;/label&gt;
			&lt;input class=&quot;form-control&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;issue&quot; name=&quot;issue&quot; list=&quot;issues&quot; /&gt;
		&lt;/div&gt;
		&lt;datalist id=&quot;issues&quot;&gt;
			&lt;!--[if lte IE 9]&gt;&lt;select&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;
			&lt;!--[if lte IE 9]&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;
		&lt;/datalist&gt;
	&lt;/fieldset&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;</code></pre>
		</section>

		<section>
			<h3>JavaScript</h3>
			<pre><code>{{#escape}}{{#stripbanner}}{{> datalist_dynamic }}{{/stripbanner}}{{/escape}}</code></pre>
		</section>
	</details>
</section>
