Providing Search Suggestions

You can provide search suggestions as the user types by handling the SearchBox control’s suggestionsrequested event. The My Notes app uses the event handler in Listing 13.7.

LISTING 13.7 Handling the suggestionsrequested Event (\pages\home\home.js)

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// Handle requests for search suggestionsvar search = document.getElementById("search").winControl;search.addEventListener("suggestionsrequested",  function (e) {    var queryText = e.detail.queryText;    var searchSuggestions = e.detail.searchSuggestionCollection;    // Needed because we are async    e.detail.setPromise(        // Get all of the notes        MyApp.notesDataSource.getAll().then(function (notes) {            // Get matching ...

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