<md-autocomplete required md-input-class="OfficialClass" md-selected-item="selectedOfficial" md-search-text="searchText" md-items="item in findOfficials(searchText)" md-item-text="item.user.display_value" md-no-cache="true" md-search-text-change="searchTextChange(searchText)" md-selected-item-change="selectedItemChange(item.name.value)" md-floating-label="New Official" md-min-length="3" md-autofocus md-autoselect> <md-item-template> <span md-highlight-text="searchText" md-highlight-flags="^i"> {{item.name.display_value}} - {{item.email.display_value}}</span> </md-item-template> </md-autocomplete> </div> <md-dialog-actions> <md-button ng-disable="required" class="md-primary md-raised" aria-label="Submit" ng- click="submitO(selectedOfficial)">Submit Request</md-button> </md-dialog-actions>
I have this autocomplete and right now selectedOfficial returns [Object Object] in my drop down once I select an option. The drop down options as of now display perfectly, the name and email. But once I select the user, I want only the users name to show as the final selected option. Right now I am using selectedOfficial in my method submitO because it has an associated sys_ID with it that i need to reference.
so the selectedOfficial object looks as so:
{ "sys_id": { "display_value": "12345", "value": "1234" }, "name": { "display_value": "joe bob", "value": "joe bob" }, "email": { "display_value": "joebob@email.com", "value": "joebob@email.com" } }
right now when I hit submitO, it references selectedOfficial and I use the sys_id for a call that I need.
so the question here is, how do I make the dropdown say the display name
I tried md-selected-item=”selectedOfficial.name.value” and it still says [Object Object] I even tried item.name.value in the md-select and it still does [object object]
is there some sort of hacky way I can make the dropdown say the objects name value??? I am very stuck and need some help on this its the last piece of the puzzle that I cannot figure out. thanks in advance
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Answer
md-item-text="item.user.display_value"
should be item.name.display_value