Coveo FacetValueSuggestions Component (CoveoFacetValueSuggestions)

This component provides Omnibox query suggestions scoped to distinct categories based on the values of a specific field whose Facet option is enabled.

Available since

May 2018 Release (v2.4094.8)

Additional documentation

Providing Facet Value Suggestions

Index

Methods

debugInfo

  • debugInfo(): any

disable

  • disable(): void
  • Disable the component. Normally this means that the component will not execute handlers for the framework events (query events, for example). Components are enabled by default on creation.

    Returns void

enable

  • enable(): void
  • Enable the component. Normally this means that the component will execute handlers for the framework events (query events, for example). Components are enabled by default on creation.

    Returns void

getBindings

Static get

  • get(element: HTMLElement, componentClass?: any, noThrow?: boolean): BaseComponent
  • Get the bound component to the given HTMLElement. Throws an assert if the HTMLElement has no component bound, unless using the noThrow argument.
    If there is multiple component bound to the current HTMLElement, you must specify the component class.

    Parameters

    • element: HTMLElement

      HTMLElement for which to get the bound component.

    • Optional componentClass: any

      Optional component class. If the HTMLElement has multiple components bound, you must specify which one you are targeting.

    • Optional noThrow: boolean

      Boolean option to tell the method to not throw on error.

    Returns BaseComponent

Properties

bind

Allows the component to bind events and execute them only when it is enabled.

type

{Coveo.ComponentEvents}

componentOptionsModel

componentOptionsModel: ComponentOptionsModel

Contains the state of options for different components. Mainly used by ResultLink.

componentStateModel

componentStateModel: ComponentStateModel

Contains the state of different components (enabled vs disabled). Allows to get/set values. Triggers component state event when modified. Each component can listen to those events.

disabled

disabled: boolean

A disabled component will not participate in the query, or listen to ComponentEvents.

type

{boolean}

logger

logger: Logger

Allows component to log in the dev console.

queryController

queryController: QueryController

Contains the singleton that allows to trigger queries.

queryStateModel

queryStateModel: QueryStateModel

Contains the state of the query. Allows to get/set values. Trigger query state event when modified. Each component can listen to those events.

root

root: HTMLElement

A reference to the root HTMLElement (the SearchInterface).

searchInterface

searchInterface: SearchInterface

A reference to the root of every component, the SearchInterface.

Static ID

ID: string

The static ID that each component needs in order to be identified.
For example, SearchButton -> static ID: SearchButton -> className: CoveoSearchButton

Accessors

usageAnalytics

Component Options

categoryFieldDelimitingCharacter

categoryFieldDelimitingCharacter: string

The delimiting character used for the multi-value field referenced by the field option.

Only effective when

isCategoryField is truthy

Default

|

Markup configuration example(s) :
data-category-field-delimiting-character=';'
data-category-field-delimiting-character='#'

displayEstimateNumberOfResults

displayEstimateNumberOfResults: boolean

Whether to display an estimate of the number of results for each scoped query suggestions.

Notes:

  • Setting this option to true has no effect when the templateHelper options is set.
  • When displaying scoped query suggestions for a standalone search box whose queries are redirected to a search interface enforcing other filters, the number of results will be inaccurate.
Default

false

Markup configuration example(s) :
data-display-estimate-number-of-results='true'
data-display-estimate-number-of-results='false'

expression

expression: string

An advanced query expression to add when requesting facet value suggestions.

Set this option to ensure that the suggestions are properly scoped when using the component with a standalone search box. For instance, if a certain tab is automatically selected in the search interface the standalone search box is redirecting its queries to, you should set this option to that tab's expression.

Markup configuration example(s) :
data-expression='@objecttype==Message'

field

The field on whose values the scoped query suggestions should be based.

Required

Specifying a value for this option is required for the component to work

Markup configuration example(s) :
data-field='@productcategory'

isCategoryField

isCategoryField: boolean

Whether the field option references a multi-value field.

Setting this option to true if appropriate will allow the corresponding CategoryFacet or DynamicHierarchicalFacet component (if present) to properly handle the filter format.

See also the categoryFieldDelimitingCharacter option.

Default

false

Markup configuration example(s) :
data-is-category-field='true'
data-is-category-field='false'

numberOfSuggestions

numberOfSuggestions: number

The maximum number of suggestions to render in the Omnibox.

Minimum

1

Default

5

Markup configuration example(s) :
data-number-of-suggestions='10'

templateHelper

templateHelper: function

The template helper function to execute when rendering each scoped query suggestion.

If specified, the function must have the following signature: (row: IFacetValueSuggestionRow, omnibox: Omnibox) => string

If not specified, a default function will be used.

Note: You cannot set this option directly in the component markup as an HTML attribute. You must either set it:

Example:

Coveo.init(document.getElementById('search'), {
  FacetValueSuggestions: {
    templateHelper: (row, omnibox) => { return `Searching for <strong>${row.keyword}</strong> in category <em>${row.value}</em>`; }
  }
})

Type declaration

useQuerySuggestions

useQuerySuggestions: boolean

Whether to get scoped query suggestions from the current Coveo ML query suggestions.

Notes:

  • If this option is set to true, the enableQuerySuggestAddon option of the Omnibox component must be set to true as well.
  • If this option is set to true, an additional POST HTTP request is sent to https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/rest/search/v2/querySuggest.
Default

true

Markup configuration example(s) :
data-use-query-suggestions='true'
data-use-query-suggestions='false'

useValueFromSearchbox

useValueFromSearchbox: boolean

Whether to get scoped query suggestions from the current user query entered in the search box.

Default: true if useQuerySuggestions is false; false otherwise

Markup configuration example(s) :
data-use-value-from-searchbox='true'
data-use-value-from-searchbox='false'

Constructors

constructor