closing autocomplete after selection when md-min-length="0"

[mxab]

Hi,

When I use md-min-length="0" in my chips/autocomplete it opens directly and I can select something, but the auto complete pops up again immediately after I select something. I guess because of the focus, but it feels weird.
See this example http://codepen.io/mxab/pen/zvGQeE?editors=101

I think what would be more expected that it opens again after I explicitly click into the input again, like for example in select2's multi select (https://select2.github.io/examples.html#multiple)

[mwymann]

+1

[topherfangio]

I think this would require some new md-chips attributes for what mode of operation it should use, and I think we should put some thought into that if we go that route.

In the meantime, could you dynamically set the md-min-length to 0 if there are no selected chips, and 1 if there are? This would force users to type into the input to bring up the list. I guess you could also watch for clicks on the input and reset md-min-length to 0 to get the list to automatically appear.

[elubin]

+1

@topherfangio can you provide a code sample to dynamically set md-min-length? or do you mean straight dom manipulation?