Autocomplete plus datatables like plugin for MVC projects.
Install datalist package from [NuGet] (http://nuget.org)
PM> Install-Package Datalist
Include style sheets
<link href="~/Content/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="~/Content/themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="~/Content/Datalist/datalist.css" rel="stylesheet" />Include scripts
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-2.1.0.js" />
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-ui-1.10.4.js" />
<script src="~/Scripts/Datalist/datalist.js" />Render datalist partial before calling RenderBody in your _Layout.cshtml
@Html.Partial("_Datalist")Implement data source method in DatalistController
private JsonResult GetData(AbstractDatalist datalist, DatalistFilter filter, Dictionary<String, Object> filters = null)
{
datalist.CurrentFilter = filter;
filter.AdditionalFilters = filters ?? filter.AdditionalFilters;
return Json(datalist.GetData(), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
public JsonResult Sample(DatalistFilter filter)
{
return GetData(new SampleDatalist(), filter);
}Render your datalist inputs using one of datalist's html helpers
@Html.DatalistFor(model => model.SampleId)
@Html.Datalist("SampleId", new SampleDatalist())
@Html.DatalistFor(model => model.SampleId, new SampleDatalist())
Usage examples and API can be found at [Datalist] (http://non-factors.com/Datalist) website.