AutoComplete: completeOnFocus with keyboard navigation

[rico]

Describe the feature you would like to see added

It would be nice if completeOnFocus works with keyboard navigation as well, not only when the user clicks the input.

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Suggestions do not open, when the user navigates to the Autocomplete input using the keyboard.

Describe the solution you'd like

Open suggestions if Autofocus input receives focus.

Describe alternatives you have considered

Add focus event listener to the input using the ref and open the suggestions.

Additional context

No response

[tugcekucukoglu]

Could you please try to use v3.16.0? If problem is still persist, please reopen this same issue with a codesandboz example.

[rico]

Unfortunately with v3.16.0 the completeOnFocus does not work at all - not even on click. I have the following declaration:

<AutoComplete v-model="_clientService.service"
                      @complete="onComplete"
                      @item-select="onServiceSelected"
                      placeholder="Leistung suchen ..."
                      :suggestions="_services"
                      :forceSelection="true"
                      class="w-full"
                      input-class="w-full"
                      :minLength="2"
                      :autoHighlight="true"
                      :completeOnFocus="true"
                      :field="servicesSearchLabel" />

And with v3.16.0 this combination pre-selects (sets as v-model) the first item from the suggestion. If I remove :autoHighlight="true", no pre-selection happens, but the suggestions do not open on focus. Searching & select, however, works as before.

[rico]

@tugcekucukoglu let me know if I can help with something (testing, etc.). Do you still need that codesandbox example?

[rico]

@tugcekucukoglu created a test repo: https://github.com/smartcode-ch/primevue-autocomplete-issue ... was easier because codesandbox does not support <script setup>.

Just switch primevue version to 3.15.0 to see the difference.

Hope that helps, and thanks for looking into this!

[tugcekucukoglu]

Yes, codesandbox does not support <script setup>, but it doesn't matter we could try it in local environment.

Thanks for your time.