entitySuggestionField in Jmix 2?

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#1

As I work on the migration from Jmix 1.5 to 2.0 I am finding a few features missing in the new version. Currently the most important is the entitySuggestionField. I have a few places where the user must choose an entity from 10,000 possibilities. An entityCombo is not practical to load that many, and doing a look up is a lot more work for the user compared to just typing a few letters and having the matches listed.

I do not see this component listed on the road map, but perhaps it is contained inside some project. Does Jmix have plans to support entitySuggestionField and when?

Thanks!

#2

Hi!

You can use the entityComboBox component with items fetch callback.
See this issue for more details: Support Items fetch callback · Issue #1923 · jmix-framework/jmix · GitHub

Full support for this functionality is planned for the 2.1 release. However, you can use it right now, using a setter.

Regards,
Dmitriy

#3

Thank you. I will wait for 2.1 and try this option.