React Lookup API

The Lookup is a widget that allows an end user to search for an item in a collection shown in a drop-down menu.

import Lookup from "devextreme-react/lookup"

DevExtreme widgets are integrated with many popular libraries and frameworks. See the Installation section (for JavaScript libraries) or the Prerequisites and Installation section (for ASP.NET MVC framework) to find details on setting up DevExtreme with a particular library or framework.

The following code shows how to create the Lookup widget using every supported library and framework. For more details on working with widgets in these libraries and frameworks, see the Widget Basics topic for jQuery, Angular, AngularJS, Knockout or ASP.NET MVC.

jQuery
JavaScript
HTML
$(function () {
    $("#lookup").dxLookup({
        dataSource: [ "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3" ],
        placeholder: "Select an item"
    });
});
<div id="lookup"></div>
Angular
HTML
TypeScript
<dx-lookup
    [dataSource]="lookupDataSource"
    placeholder="Select an item">
</dx-lookup>
import { DxLookupModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    lookupDataSource = [ "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3" ];
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxLookupModule
    ],
    // ...
})
AngularJS
HTML
JavaScript
<div ng-controller="DemoController">
    <div dx-lookup="{
        dataSource: lookupDataSource,
        placeholder: 'Select an item'
    }"></div>
</div>
angular.module('DemoApp', ['dx'])
    .controller("DemoController", function ($scope) {
        $scope.lookupDataSource = [ "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3" ];
    });
Knockout
HTML
JavaScript
<div data-bind="dxLookup: {
    dataSource: lookupDataSource,
    placeholder: 'Select an item'
}"></div>
var viewModel = {
    lookupDataSource: [ "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3" ]
};
ko.applyBindings(viewModel);
ASP.NET MVC Controls
Razor C#
Razor VB
@(Html.DevExtreme().Lookup()
    .ID("lookup")
    .DataSource(new[] { "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3" })
    .Placeholder("Select an item")
)
@(Html.DevExtreme().Lookup() _
    .ID("lookup") _
    .DataSource({ "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3" }) _
    .Placeholder("Select an item")
)
See Also

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Configuration

An object defining configuration options for the Lookup widget.

Name Description
accessKey

Specifies the shortcut key that sets focus on the widget.

activeStateEnabled

Specifies whether or not the widget changes its state when interacting with a user.

animation

Configures widget visibility animations. This object contains two fields: show and hide.

applyButtonText

The text displayed on the Apply button.

applyValueMode

Specifies the way an end-user applies the selected value.

cancelButtonText

The text displayed on the Cancel button.

cleanSearchOnOpening

Specifies whether or not the widget cleans the search box when the popup window is displayed.

clearButtonText

The text displayed on the Clear button.

closeOnOutsideClick

Specifies whether to close the drop-down menu if a user clicks outside it.

dataSource

A data source used to fetch data the widget should display.

deferRendering

Specifies whether to render the drop-down field's content when it is displayed. If false, the content is rendered immediately.

disabled

Specifies whether the widget responds to user interaction.

displayExpr

Specifies the name of the data source item field whose value is displayed by the widget.

displayValue

Returns the value currently displayed by the widget.

dropDownButtonTemplate

Specifies a custom template for the drop-down button.

elementAttr

Specifies the attributes to be attached to the widget's root element.

fieldTemplate

Specifies a custom template for the input field.

focusStateEnabled

Specifies whether the widget can be focused using keyboard navigation.

fullScreen

A Boolean value specifying whether or not to display the lookup in full-screen mode.

grouped

A Boolean value specifying whether or not to group widget items.

groupTemplate

Specifies a custom template for group captions.

height

Specifies the widget's height.

hint

Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the widget.

hoverStateEnabled

Specifies whether the widget changes its state when a user pauses on it.

inputAttr

Specifies the attributes to be passed on to the underlying HTML element.

isValid

Specifies whether the editor's value is valid.

items

An array of items displayed by the widget.

itemTemplate

Specifies a custom template for items.

minSearchLength

The minimum number of characters that must be entered into the text box to begin a search. Applies only if searchEnabled is true.

name

The value to be assigned to the name attribute of the underlying HTML element.

nextButtonText

The text displayed on the button used to load the next page from the data source.

noDataText

The text or HTML markup displayed by the widget if the item collection is empty.

onClosed

A handler for the closed event.

onContentReady

A handler for the contentReady event. Executed when the widget's content is ready. This handler may be executed multiple times during the widget's lifetime depending on the number of times its content changes.

onDisposing

A handler for the disposing event. Executed when the widget is removed from the DOM using the remove(), empty(), or html() jQuery methods only.

onInitialized

A handler for the initialized event. Executed only once, after the widget is initialized.

onItemClick

A handler for the itemClick event.

onOpened

A handler for the opened event.

onOptionChanged

A handler for the optionChanged event. Executed after an option of the widget is changed.

onPageLoading

A handler for the pageLoading event.

onPullRefresh

A handler for the pullRefresh event.

onScroll

A handler for the scroll event.

onSelectionChanged

A handler for the selectionChanged event.

onTitleRendered

A handler for the titleRendered event.

onValueChanged

A handler for the valueChanged event.

opened

Specifies whether or not the drop-down editor is displayed.

pageLoadingText

Specifies the text shown in the pullDown panel, which is displayed when the widget is scrolled to the bottom.

pageLoadMode

Specifies whether the next page is loaded when a user scrolls the widget to the bottom or when the "next" button is clicked.

placeholder

The text displayed by the widget when nothing is selected.

popupHeight

Specifies the popup element's height. Applies only if fullScreen is false.

popupWidth

Specifies the popup element's width. Applies only if fullScreen is false.

position

An object defining widget positioning options.

pulledDownText

Specifies the text displayed in the pullDown panel when the widget is pulled below the refresh threshold.

pullingDownText

Specifies the text shown in the pullDown panel while the list is being pulled down to the refresh threshold.

pullRefreshEnabled

A Boolean value specifying whether or not the widget supports the "pull down to refresh" gesture.

refreshingText

Specifies the text displayed in the pullDown panel while the widget is being refreshed.

rtlEnabled

Switches the widget to a right-to-left representation.

searchEnabled

Specifies whether the search box is visible.

searchExpr

Specifies the name of a data source item field or an expression whose value is compared to the search criterion.

searchMode

Specifies the binary operation used to filter data.

searchPlaceholder

The text that is provided as a hint in the lookup's search bar.

searchTimeout

Specifies the time delay, in milliseconds, after the last character has been typed in, before a search is executed.

selectedItem

Gets the currently selected item.

shading

A Boolean value specifying whether or not the main screen is inactive while the lookup is active.

showCancelButton

Specifies whether to display the Cancel button in the lookup window.

showClearButton

Specifies whether or not to display the Clear button in the lookup window.

showDataBeforeSearch

Specifies whether or not the widget displays unfiltered values until a user types a number of characters exceeding the minSearchLength option value.

showPopupTitle

A Boolean value specifying whether or not to display the title in the popup window.

tabIndex

Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating.

text

The read-only option that holds the text displayed by the widget input element.

title

The title of the lookup window.

titleTemplate

Specifies a custom template for the title.

useNativeScrolling

Specifies whether or not the widget uses native scrolling.

usePopover

Specifies whether or not to show lookup contents in a Popover widget.

validationError

Specifies information on the validation error when using a custom validation engine. Should be changed at runtime along with the isValid option.

validationMessageMode

Specifies how the message about the validation rules that are not satisfied by this editor's value is displayed.

value

Specifies the currently selected value. May be an object if dataSource contains objects and valueExpr is not set.

valueChangeEvent

Specifies the DOM events after which the widget's search results should be updated.

valueExpr

Specifies which data field provides the widget's value. When this option is not set, the value is the entire data object.

visible

Specifies whether the widget is visible.

width

Specifies the widget's width.

Methods

This section describes members used to manipulate data.

Name Description
beginUpdate()

Prevents the widget from refreshing until the endUpdate() method is called.

blur()

Removes focus from the input element.

close()

Closes the drop-down editor.

content()

Gets the popup window's content.

defaultOptions(rule)

Specifies the device-dependent default configuration options for this component.

dispose()

Disposes of all the resources allocated to the Lookup instance.

element()

Gets the root widget element.

endUpdate()

Refreshes the widget after a call of the beginUpdate() method.

field()

Gets the widget's <input> element.

focus()

Sets focus to the input element representing the widget.

getDataSource()

Gets the DataSource instance.

getInstance(element)

Gets the instance of a widget found using its DOM node.

instance()

Gets the widget's instance. Use it to access other methods of the widget.

off(eventName)

Detaches all event handlers from a single event.

off(eventName, eventHandler)

Detaches a particular event handler from a single event.

on(eventName, eventHandler)

Subscribes to an event.

on(events)

Subscribes to events.

open()

Opens the drop-down editor.

option()

Gets all widget options.

option(optionName)

Gets the value of a single option.

option(optionName, optionValue)

Updates the value of a single option.

option(options)

Updates the values of several options.

registerKeyHandler(key, handler)

Registers a handler to be executed when a user presses a specific key.

repaint()

Repaints the widget. Call it if you made modifications that changed the widget's state to invalid.

reset()

Resets the value option to the default value.

Events

This section describes events fired by this widget.

Name Description
closed

Fires after a drop-down list has been hidden.

contentReady

Raised when the widget's content is ready.

disposing

Raised when the widget is removed from the DOM using the remove(), empty(), or html() jQuery methods only.

initialized

Raised only once, after the widget is initialized.

itemClick

Fires when a widget item is clicked.

opened

Fires when the drop-down editor is shown.

optionChanged

Raised after a widget option is changed.

pageLoading

Fires before loading the next page in the lookup list if autopaging is enabled.

pullRefresh

Fires before the lookup list is refreshed as a result of the "pull down to refresh" gesture.

scroll

Fires on each scroll gesture.

selectionChanged

Fires when the selection changes.

titleRendered

Fires after the widget title is rendered.

valueChanged

Fires when the editor value changes.

See Also

Default Item Template

This section lists the data source fields that are used in a default item template.

Type:

Object

By default, a predefined item template is applied to display the items of this widget. This template is based on certain fields of the data source provided for this widget. Below is the list of these fields. If the default item template is not appropriate for your task, implement a custom item template based on these or other fields of your data source.

See Also