Search (Textfield)     

The Search component offers the users an input field with additional features for searching purposes. For autocomplete functionality, also refer to QAutocomplete documentation.

Works well with QField for additional functionality such as a helper, error message placeholder and many others.

Installation

Edit /quasar.conf.js:

framework: {
  components: ['QSearch']
}

Basic Usage

<q-search v-model="search" />

Vue Properties

Supports v-model which should be binded to a String or Number (depending on type property used) in your scope.

Vue Property Type Description
icon String Icon to use.
no-icon Boolean Hide the icon
type String Must be one of the following: text (default), email, tel, number and url. This is important as it determines the keyboard type popping up on mobile devices.
debounce Number Number of ms to debounce input. Default is 300.
readonly Boolean If set to true, textfield is readonly and the user cannot change value.

A more involved example:

<q-search
  v-model="searchModel"
  :debounce="600"
  placeholder="Hotels"
  icon="local_hotel"
  float-label="What is your hotel?"
/>

Common input field properties:

Property Type Description
autofocus Boolean Focus input field after rendering component.
placeholder String A text to be shown on textfield, mainly to explain what should be entered.
clearable Boolean If set to true, the component offers the user an actionable icon to remove the entered text.

Also note you can use the native DOM attributes of an input: “name”, “max-length”, “autocomplete” and so on.

Common input frame properties:

Property Type Description
prefix String A text that should be shown before the textfield.
suffix String A text that should be shown after the textfield.
float-label String A text label that will “float” up above the input field, once the input field gets focus.
stack-label String A text label that will be shown above the input field and is static.
color String One from Quasar Color Palette.
inverted Boolean Inverted mode. Color is applied to background instead.
inverted-light Boolean Inverted mode with a light color. Color is applied to background instead.
hide-underline Boolean Hides the bottom border.
dark Boolean Is QSearch rendered on a dark background?
align String One of ‘left’, ‘center’ or ‘right’ which determines the text align within textfield.
disable Boolean If set to true, textfield is disabled and the user cannot type anything.
warning Boolean If set to true, the input fields colors are changed to show there is a warning.
error Boolean If set to true, the input fields colors are changed to show there is an error.
before Array of Objects Icon buttons on left side of input frame. Read below more details.
after Array of Objects Icon buttons on right side of input frame. Read below more details.

Icon buttons

This section refers to before and after properties which can add additional buttons as icons to the textfield. Here is the structure of the two properties:

{
  // required icon
  icon: String,
  // required function to call when
  // icon is clicked/tapped
  handler: Function,

  // Optional. Show icon button
  // if model has a value
  content: Boolean,

  // Optional. Show icon button
  // if textfield is marked with error
  error: Boolean
}

Examples:

<!--
  Show an icon button (with 'warning' as icon)
  when there is an error on QInput (through "error" prop)
-->
<q-search
  v-model="text"
  :after="[
    {
      icon: 'warning',
      error: true,
      handler () {
        // do something...
      }
    }
  ]"
/>

<!--
  Show an icon button (with 'attach_file' as icon)
  when the model has a non empty value
-->
<q-search
  v-model="text"
  :after="[
    {
      icon: 'attach_file',
      content: true,
      handler () {
        // do something...
      }
    }
  ]"
/>

Lazy Input

Vue will soon supply the .lazy modifier for v-model on components too, but until then, you can use the longer equivalent form:

<q-search
  :value="model"
  @change="val => { model = val }"
/>

Vue Methods

Vue Method Description
clear() Resets the model to an empty string.
clearAndFocus() Resets the model to an empty string and gives the input focus.
focus() Focused the textfield.
blur() Makes textfield lose focus.
select() Selects all textfield text and focuses.

Vue Events

Vue Event Description
@input(newVal) Triggered immediately on model value change.
@change(newVal) Triggered on lazy model value change.
@clear(clearVal) Triggered when the model is cleared.
@focus Triggered on focus.
@blur Triggered a blur.
@keydown Triggered by keydown event on textfield.
@keyup Triggered by keyup event on textfield.
@click Triggered by a native click event on textfield.

Coloring

Use the color prop with one of the Quasar colors from the Color Palette, like primary, secondary, orange-7, teal-2:

<q-search color="orange" v-model="search" />

Use the inverted prop, to change the background of the input to the color.

<q-search inverted color="orange" v-model="search" />

Error State

Use the error prop to show there has been an error. This will turn the component color to red.

<q-search error v-model="search" />
<q-search :error="hasError" inverted v-model="search" />

Disable

Use the disable prop to stop user input.

<q-search disable v-model="search" color="primary" />

Usage with Layout

If you’d like to set search within a QToolbar on QLayout:

<q-layout>
  ...
  <!--
    Notice we set a color for QToolbar and
    QSearch has "inverted" and color="none" specified.
    This makes QSearch use background color set by QToolbar.
  -->
  <q-toolbar slot="header" color="primary">
    <q-search inverted color="none" v-model="search" />
  </q-toolbar>
  ...
</q-layout>

Formatting

It is possible to add formatting to a QSearch in two ways. One is for the basic component. The other is with the QField component. Both methods offer “inverted” coloring.

Additional Vue Properties

Property Type Description
color String The color the QInput should have. The default is primary.
inverted Boolean Set to true, to color field’s background set by the color prop.
dark Boolean Set to true, if the field is on a dark background. It will invert the text color to make it light.
align Text Controls the ‘right’, ‘center’ or ‘left’ alignment of the input. The default is ‘left’.

Basic Formatting Examples

This will color the field black.

<q-search v-model="text" float-label="Colored" color="black" />

This will show an inverted colored input field in amber. Here, the text is automatically inverted to a lighter color.

<q-search v-model="text" inverted color="amber" stack-label="Amber Colored Background" />

Alignment

You can also align the input to the right, center or left. The default is left. The below example will show a field for Euro currency input.

<!-- Align textfield content to the right -->
<q-search v-model="text" align="right" />

Basic Usage with QField

It is also possible to further enhance a QInput by wrapping it in a QField component.

<div class="bg-grey-9" style="width: 500px; padding: 25px">
  <q-field
    icon="wifi"
    label="Some Label"
    :count="10"
    helper="Some helper"
    :error="error"
    error-label="Some error"
  >
    <q-search
      v-model="text"
      dark
      inverted
      color="black"
      float-label="Textfield"
    />
  </q-field>
</div>

The above usage of QField will show the input field within a dark grey background with an inverse white text. Notice the usage of the dark prop for QInput. This controls the inversion of the text color.

Please refer to the QField documentation for more info about its usage.

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Last updated: Mon Jul 23 2018
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