Jquery Chosen plugin - dynamically populate list by Ajax

Question

Im trying to build my dropdown menu using the plugin Chosen for Multiple Select . Here\'s to behavior I\'m based on:

http://jsfiddle.net/JfLvA/

Answer 1

The chosen answer is outdated, same goes to meltingice /ajax-chosen plugin.

With Select2 plugin got many bugs which is i can't resolve it.

Here my answer for this question.

I integrated my solution with function trigger after user type. Thanks to this answer : https://stackoverflow.com/a/5926782/4319179.

//setup before functions
  var typingTimer;                //timer identifier
  var doneTypingInterval = 2000;  //time in ms (2 seconds)
  var selectID = 'YourSelectId';    //Hold select id
  var selectData = [];           // data for unique id array

  //on keyup, start the countdown
  $('#' + selectID + '_chosen .chosen-choices input').keyup(function(){

      // Change No Result Match text to Searching.
      $('#' + selectID + '_chosen .no-results').html('Searching = "'+ $('#' + selectID + '_chosen .chosen-choices input').val() + '"');


      clearTimeout(typingTimer);  //Refresh Timer on keyup 
      if ($('#' + selectID + '_chosen .chosen-choices input').val()) {

           typingTimer = setTimeout(doneTyping, doneTypingInterval);  //Set timer back if got value on input

      }

  });

  //user is "finished typing," do something
  function doneTyping () {

      var inputData = $('#' + selectID + '_chosen .chosen-choices input').val();  //get input data

      $.ajax({
        url: "YourUrl",
         data: {data: inputData},
        type:'POST',
        dataType: "json",
        beforeSend: function(){
          // Change No Result Match to Getting Data beforesend
          $('#' + selectID + '_chosen .no-results').html('Getting Data = "'+$('#' + selectID + '_chosen .chosen-choices input').val()+'"');
    },
        success: function( data ) { 

          // iterate data before append
          $.map( data, function( item ) {

            // matching data eg: by id or something unique; if data match:  not append - else: append 
            // This will prevent from select the same thing twice.
            if($.inArray(item.attr_hash,selectData) == -1){

              // if not match then append in select
              $('#' + selectID ).append('' + item.data + '');

            }            

          });

          // Update chosen again after append 
          $('#' + selectID ).trigger("chosen:updated");

        }
      });

  }

  // Chosen event listen on input change eg: after select data / deselect this function will be trigger
  $('#' + selectID ).on('change', function() {

    // get select jquery object
    var domArray = $('#' + selectID ).find('option:selected');

    // empty array data
    selectData = [];

    for (var i = 0, length = domArray.length; i < length; i++ ){

      // Push unique data to array (for matching purpose)
      selectData.push( $(domArray[i]).data('id') );

    }

    // Replace select  to only selected option
    $('#' + selectID ).html(domArray);

    // Update chosen again after replace selected 
    $('#' + selectID ).trigger("chosen:updated");

  });