ng2-mentions

Simple Angular 2 mentions inspired by Ment.io.
Click here for a Demo
Provides auto-complete for mentions in text input fields, text areas, and content editable fields. Not fully browser tested and comes without warranty!
To install and start the demo application:

git clone https://github.com/dmacfarlane/ng2-mentions.git
cd ng2-mentions
npm install
ng serve

Usage

Install the package as a dependency using:

npm install --save ng2-mentions

Add the CSS to your index.html:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">

Add the module to your module imports:

import { MentionModule } from 'ng2-mentions/mention/mention.module';

@NgModule({
    imports: [ MentionModule ],
    ...
})

Add the [mention] directive to your input element:

<input [mention]="items" class="form-control" type="text">

Where items is a string array of the items to suggest. For example:

var items:string [] = = ["Noah","Liam","Mason","Jacob",...

TODO:

• Remove debug (always)
• Improve NPM package structure
• Document configurable prefix
• Configurable limit on number of items shown via config
• Load items via http (config number of chars before search)
• Styled menu items