React-bootstrap-typeahead: API for setting input-specific props

[gilm123]

title :)

[iyoukeyyewei]

+1

[ericgio]

As suggested in the original title, an inputProps prop that passes any attributes on to the input is probably the easiest solution here.

[stevenqzhang]

Related question, is there a workaround to set the input value in the textbox (not the placeholder text) on initial render?

[ericgio]

@stevenqzhang: I'm assuming you mean just setting the input's text value and not the component's selected value. If so, the answer is currently no; more discussion here.

[stevenqzhang]

@ericgio Actually, setting the selected value is exactly what I wanted. It wasn't clear to me at first that I could set the selected value to an arbitrary value not in the autocomplete list. Thanks!

[jasxir]

I have this exact requirement when using it as a controlled component.
If there's text present in the input when it's rendered again, even with new list and/or selected values, the input text is not cleared.

[ericgio]

I have this exact requirement

@jasxir: not sure which requirement you're referring to, but you can clear the input with the clear method.

[BillOTei]

any news on this? I'd really need to be able to restrict the user input to only letters for ex. Suggestions?
I try to use onInputChange={this.props.method} but how to change the input value form there?
Thx!

[ericgio]

Reading through @jasxir's issue again, it seems potentially related to #198. I should hopefully have a fix for that out soon-ish. As far as the ability to set the input props, that's going to take some work so I don't want to make any promises on a timeline.

[ericgio]

inputProps prop added in v2.0.0-alpha.1. However, it does not allow you to set the input value, since that is controlled by the top-level component.