Angular JS 'Startswith' custom filter

Question

So I\'ve been trying a while to make a custom filter that searches for the \'Startswith\' parameters rather than the \'Contains\'. Every filter that I\'ve written haven\'t s

Answer 1

A simple way to do this is to add a new method to your scope.

$scope.startsWith = function (actual, expected) {
    var lowerStr = (actual + "").toLowerCase();
    return lowerStr.indexOf(expected.toLowerCase()) === 0;
}

Then change the filter syntax on your element.

Here is a working plunkr with the example above.