AutoCompleter: Better performance using text areas #23
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…ax requests are done only if the token matches with the "regexp" pattern. Useful when using text areas where not every token requires auto-completion. E.g. regexp: /(#|:)(\w)*/ would activate Ajax requests for tokens that starts with '#' or ':'.
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The Autocompleter is designed to send constantly Ajax requests while you are filling in a field to get the results that fit the input. And so it should work in most cases.
But there is a case where this is not desirable: when you are filling a text area where not every token requires auto-completion. As an example you have the “What’s happening?” box on Twitter. You can enter any text, but if you type a “@” the Autocompleter is activated to look for your friends.
In my application I have a similar box, and I need Autocompleter to run only when a user types a “#” (for tags) or a “:” (for special keywords). If Autocompleter were always running and a lot of users were writing at a time, the server performance would be seriously impaired.
So I have added support for a regexp option. If it exists, Ajax requests are done only if the token matches with the regexp pattern. E.g. regexp: /(#|:)(\w)*/ would activate Ajax requests for tokens that start with ‘#’ or ‘:’.
What do you think?