angular / angular/components

Feature request: search/filter in select

Open
#5,697 78 comments 334 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
area: material/select feature P3
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
25k
Forks
6.8k
Avg merge
1d 8h
Merged PRs (30d)
91

Description

#### Bug, feature request, or proposal:
Feature request

#### What is the expected behavior?
User able to search/filter the options in a select

#### What is the current behavior?
User must scroll the select to find the desired option

#### What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?
When there is a long list of options, it's not easy to find an option

#### Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?
Latest Angular Material as of 12 July 2017

#### Is there anything else we should know?
This is different from autocomplete, autocomplete is a free-text input field.

I haven't found anything in Material Design related to this, but this could be an important feature

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

The issue does not name any files, tests, or entry points. Start by clarifying the intended search and filtering behavior for long select option lists, including how it differs from autocomplete; done means users can find and choose an option without treating the control as a free-text input.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
angular, typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.