Making expandable material search bar with algolia autocomplete - html

Question

I am using algolia autocomplete in my app. And I would like to build a search bar that expands like the expandable example on this page. I have a layout with a header bar that has a search input for bigger screens. On small screens I only have a magnifying glass icon, that on click toggles another header with a search bar, that I initially have it hidden. Here is the fiddle, which I wasn't able to get working, but hope it can still give you some overview. This is the layout:
<header class="mdc-toolbar mdc-toolbar--fixed toolbar--custom">
<div class="mdc-toolbar__row">
<section class="menu mdc-toolbar__section mdc-toolbar__section--align-start">
menu
<span class="mdc-toolbar__title">Title</span>
</section>
<section class="mdc-toolbar__section">
<form action="/search" method="get" class="search-field-desktop">
<div class="mdc-text-field mdc-text-field--box mdc-text-field--with-leading-icon autocomplete-search-field">
<i class="material-icons mdc-text-field__icon" tabindex="0">search</i>
<input name="q"
type="text"
class="mdc-text-field__input search-input-js aa-input-search"
placeholder="Search for players and videos ..."
aria-label="Full-Width Text Field">
</div>
</form>
</section>
<section class="mdc-toolbar__section mdc-toolbar__section--align-end" role="toolbar">
search
more_vert
</section>
</div>
</header>
<header class="search-field-phone mdc-toolbar mdc-toolbar--fixed toolbar--custom">
<div class="mdc-toolbar__row">
<a id="search-input-close" class="material-icons mdc-toolbar__menu-icon" tabindex="0">arrow_back</a>
<form action="/search" method="get">
<div class="mdc-text-field mdc-text-field--box autocomplete-search-field">
<input name="q"
type="text"
class="mdc-text-field__input search-input-js aa-input-search"
placeholder="Search for players and videos ..."
aria-label="Full-Width Text Field"
autofocus>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</header>
The problem I have is that the dropdown menu is not visible on small screens for some reason and on bigger screens it is. This is the scss/css:
.algolia-autocomplete {
display: flex!important;
flex: auto!important;
height: 100%;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu {
position: relative;
top: -6px;
border-radius: 3px;
margin: 6px 0 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: left;
height: auto;
position: relative;
background: $white;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 100%;
left: 0 !important;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 2px 3px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.aa-dropdown-menu .aa-suggestions {
position: relative;
z-index: 1000;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu [class^="aa-dataset-"] {
position: relative;
border: 0;
border-radius: 3px;
overflow: auto;
padding: 0;
color: #3c3e42;
font-weight: 500;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu * {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.aa-suggestion {
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 72px;
clear: both;
.mdc-list-item {
height: 72px;
}
}
.aa-suggestion span {
white-space: nowrap !important;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
overflow: hidden;
display: block;
float: left;
line-height: 1em;
width: calc(100% - 30px);
}
.aa-suggestion.aa-cursor {
background-color: transparent;
}
.aa-suggestion em {
color: #00bcd4;
font-weight: 700;
}
.aa-suggestion img {
float: left;
height: 44px;
width: 44px;
margin-right: 6px;
}
.aa-suggestion a {
color: #3c3e42;
}
.aa-suggestions-category {
font-weight: 700;
color: #3c3e42;
border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(102, 105, 105, 0.17);
}
.powered-by-algolia {
padding-left: 15px;
border-top: 1px solid rgba(102, 105, 105, 0.17);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
height: 30px;
}
.aa-input-container {
display: inline-block;
position: relative; }
.aa-input-search {
width: 100%;
height: 30px;
padding: 12px 28px 12px 12px;
box-sizing: border-box;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-moz-appearance: none;
appearance: none; }
.aa-input-search::-webkit-search-decoration,
.aa-input-search::-webkit-search-cancel-button,
.aa-input-search::-webkit-search-results-button,
.aa-input-search::-webkit-search-results-decoration {
display: none;
}
.media {
margin: 10px 0;
}
.media-body {
p {
margin: 0;
}
}
.toolbar--custom {
color: $white;
.mdc-toolbar__row {
min-height: 56px;
}
form, .autocomplete-search-field {
width: 100%;
}
.mdc-text-field--box:not(.mdc-text-field--upgraded) {
height: 36px;
}
.mdc-text-field--box {
overflow: visible;
margin: auto;
.mdc-text-field__icon {
bottom: 8px;
font-size: 22px;
}
}
.mdc-text-field--box:after,
.mdc-text-field--box:before {
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
#search-input-open {
display: none;
}
#media only screen and (max-width: 782px) {
#search-input-open {
display: block;
}
.search-field-desktop {
display: none;
}
}
}
.search-field-phone {
clip-path: circle(0%);
visibility: hidden;
.mdc-text-field {
clip-path: circle(0%);
}
}
#mixin search-animated-open {
-webkit-animation: open 0.3s forwards;
animation: open 0.3s forwards;
animation-timing-function: $mdc-animation-standard-curve-timing-function;
}
#mixin search-animated-close {
-webkit-animation: close 0.3s forwards;
animation: close 0.3s forwards;
animation-timing-function: $mdc-animation-standard-curve-timing-function;
}
.search-field-phone-open, {
visibility: visible;
#include search-animated-open;
.mdc-text-field {
#include search-animated-open;
}
}
.search-field-phone-close, {
#include search-animated-close;
.mdc-text-field {
#include search-animated-close;
}
}
#keyframes open {
from {
clip-path: circle(0 at calc(100% - 68px) 50%);
}
to {
clip-path: circle(150% at calc(100% - 68px) 50%);
}
}
#keyframes close {
from {
clip-path: circle(150% at calc(100% - 68px) 50%);
}
to {
clip-path: circle(0 at calc(100% - 68px) 50%);
visibility: hidden;
}
}
The layout of the whole page looks like this:
<div id="app">
#include('layouts.partials.sidebar')
#include('layouts.partials.navigation')
<div class="page-content">
#yield('content')
</div>
</div>
Where the navigation partial is the file with headers shown above. This is the sidebar partial:
<aside class="mdc-drawer mdc-drawer--temporary mdc-typography">
<nav class="mdc-drawer__drawer">
<header class="mdc-drawer__header">
<div class="mdc-drawer__header-content">
Header here
</div>
</header>
<nav id="icon-with-text-demo" class="mdc-drawer__content mdc-list">
<a class="mdc-list-item mdc-list-item--activated" href="#">
<i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__graphic" aria-hidden="true">inbox</i>Inbox
</a>
<a class="mdc-list-item" href="#">
<i class="material-icons mdc-list-item__graphic" aria-hidden="true">star</i>Star
</a>
</nav>
</nav>
</aside>
This is the css for the page:
body {
margin: 0;
}
#app {
display: flex;
}
.page-content {
display: inline-flex;
flex-direction: column;
flex-grow: 1;
height: 100%;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
I am not sure what is causing this behaviour, why is the dropdown menu for bigger screens visible, and the one for smaller screens not?
Update
I have noticed that when I have opened search input on small screens, if I remove the search-field-phone-open then the dropdown menu is visible, I am not sure what is in that class causing that the dropdown is not visible?
.search-field-phone-open, {
visibility: visible;
#include search-animated-open;
.mdc-text-field {
#include search-animated-open;
}
}

Answer 1

I am not sure I understood what you need but check the snippet below:
var client = algoliasearch('latency', '6be0576ff61c053d5f9a3225e2a90f76');
var index = client.initIndex('contacts');
$('.input-search').autocomplete({ hint: false }, [
{
source: function(searchBar, cb) {
index.search(searchBar, { hitsPerPage: 5 }, function(error, content) {
if (error) {
cb([]);
return;
}
cb(content.hits, content);
});
},
displayKey: 'name',
templates: {
suggestion: function(suggestion) {
return suggestion._highlightResult.name.value;
}
}
}
]);
.algolia-autocomplete {
display: flex!important;
flex: auto!important;
height: 100%;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu {
position: relative;
top: -6px;
border-radius: 3px;
margin: 6px 0 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: left;
height: auto;
position: relative;
background: $white;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 100%;
left: 0 !important;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 2px 3px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.aa-dropdown-menu:before {
position: absolute;
content: '';
width: 14px;
height: 14px;
background: #fff;
z-index: 0;
top: -7px;
border-top: 1px solid #D9D9D9;
border-right: 1px solid #D9D9D9;
transform: rotate(-45deg);
border-radius: 2px;
z-index: 999;
display: block;
left: 24px;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu .aa-suggestions {
position: relative;
z-index: 1000;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu [class^="aa-dataset-"] {
position: relative;
border: 0;
border-radius: 3px;
overflow: auto;
padding: 8px 8px 8px;
color: #3c3e42;
font-weight: 500;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu * {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.aa-suggestion {
padding: 0 4px 0;
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 38px;
clear: both;
}
.aa-suggestion span {
white-space: nowrap !important;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
overflow: hidden;
display: block;
float: left;
line-height: 1em;
width: calc(100% - 30px);
}
.aa-suggestion.aa-cursor {
background-color: transparent;
}
.aa-suggestion em {
color: #00bcd4;
font-weight: 700;
}
.aa-suggestion img {
float: left;
height: 44px;
width: 44px;
margin-right: 6px;
}
.aa-suggestion a {
color: #3c3e42;
}
.aa-suggestions-category {
font-weight: 700;
color: #3c3e42;
border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(102, 105, 105, 0.17);
}
.mdl-textfield {
margin: -20px !important;
}
/* fallback */
#font-face {
font-family: 'Material Icons';
font-style: normal;
font-weight: 400;
src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/materialicons/v36/flUhRq6tzZclQEJ-Vdg-IuiaDsNc.woff2) format('woff2');
}
.material-icons {
font-family: 'Material Icons';
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
font-size: 24px;
line-height: 1;
letter-spacing: normal;
text-transform: none;
display: inline-block;
white-space: nowrap;
word-wrap: normal;
direction: ltr;
-moz-font-feature-settings: 'liga';
-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}
<link href="https://storage.googleapis.com/code.getmdl.io/1.0.1/material.teal-red.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="https://unpkg.com/material-components-web#0.8.0/dist/material-components-web.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/algoliasearch/3/algoliasearch.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/autocomplete.js/0/autocomplete.jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://storage.googleapis.com/code.getmdl.io/1.0.1/material.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/material-components-web#0.8.0/dist/material-components-web.min.js"></script>
<header class="mdc-toolbar">
<div class="mdc-toolbar__row">
<section class="mdc-toolbar__section mdc-toolbar__section--align-start">
menu
<span class="mdc-toolbar__title">Title</span>
</section>
<section class="mdc-toolbar__section">
<div class="mdl-textfield mdl-js-textfield mdl-textfield--expandable">
<label class="mdl-button mdl-js-button mdl-button--icon" for="site-search">
<i class="material-icons">search</i>
</label>
<div class="mdl-textfield__expandable-holder">
<input class="mdl-textfield__input input-search" name="searchBar" type="search" id="site-search" />
<label class="mdl-textfield__label" for="site-search">Search</label>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section class="mdc-toolbar__section mdc-toolbar__section--align-end">
Custom icon
</section>
</div>
</header>
Hope this helps you.
References
I referred to mdc-toolbar available on GitHub.