I'm using select2 to display a dynamic list of names. The names are fetch from the server as the user types, by resemblance, but in case a name is not found, I display a "Suggest" link which adds the name to the database.
The "Suggest" link appears in the select's notification area (where "Searching..." appears when querying the server). When the user presses "Suggest", a request is made that, as said, adds the suggested name to the database. Now, when that request responds, I want the name to be added to the select2's list, selected, and the drop box closed.
I'm nothing being successful in this endeavor =) I tried using 'val', but I'm either not doing it right or that's not the way to go. Here's a code excerpt from what I have right now:
$('.' + id + '-select2', nextFrame).select2({
ajax: {
url: url,
dataType: 'json',
results: function(data) {
var results = [], it;
for (it in data) {
results.push({
id: data[it]['pid'],
text: data[it]['name']
});
}
return { results: results }
},
data: function(text) {
return { name: text }
}
},
formatNoMatches: function(text) {
// Add the AJAX behavior to the anchor, but do it asynchronously
// This way we give time to select2 to render the layout before we configure it
setTimeout(function() {
$('#' + id + '-ajax-anchor').on('click', function(e) {
var target = $(e.target);
$.ajax({
url: target.attr('href'),
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
data: {
name: text
},
})
.done(function(response) {
/*
Need help here !!
1) Add the response to the list
2) Select it
3) Close
*/
})
;
e.preventDefault();
});
}, 1);
return "No match, <a id='" + id + "-ajax-anchor' href='" + url + "'>suggest</a>";
},
});