From a74ec62abee9d57f7046adbd18fe9cda1cbdd022 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Faris Ansari <netchamp.faris@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 22:37:22 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] validate function for autocomplete

---
 client/view/controls/autocomplete.js | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/view/controls/autocomplete.js b/client/view/controls/autocomplete.js
index 48056e72..1106eb52 100644
--- a/client/view/controls/autocomplete.js
+++ b/client/view/controls/autocomplete.js
@@ -8,18 +8,26 @@ class AutocompleteControl extends BaseControl {
         this.setupAwesomplete();
     }
 
-    setupAwesomplete() {
+    async setupAwesomplete() {
         this.awesomplete = new Awesomplete(this.input, {
             minChars: 0,
             maxItems: 99
         });
 
+        this.list = await this.getList();
+
         // rebuild the list on input
-        this.input.addEventListener('input', async (event) => {
-            let list = await this.getList();
-            this.awesomplete.list = list;
+        this.input.addEventListener('input', (event) => {
+            this.awesomplete.list = this.list;
         });
     }
+
+    validate(value) {
+        if (this.list.includes(value)) {
+            return value;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 };
 
 module.exports = AutocompleteControl;
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