Allow manually entered text in ui-select

Question

I am using a select box from ui-select. All is working fine, but I want to allow manually entered text and do not want to restrict the user from the values available in the

Answer 1

here is a solution:

HTML -

  {{$select.selected}}
  
    

  

CONTROLLER -

$scope.getSuperheroes = function(search) {
 var newSupes = $scope.superheroes.slice();
  if (search && newSupes.indexOf(search) === -1) {
    newSupes.unshift(search);
  }
  return newSupes;
}

Here is the CodePen solution.