Is there any way to have the text_input autocomplete from a column of strings in a DataFrame?
Hey @chefnewman!
For the text_input there currently isn’t a way to have it auto complete.
BUT if you’re looking to select a string from a column of strings in a DataFrame, where they can only use those specific strings, maybe select box or multi select will work for you? They allow you to populate a list of preselected options, and when you type into the field, they show options matching what you have typed so far. They also allow a dropdown box for people to look through all available options.
Here is when you start typing in the field:
Both of these widgets have this behaviour, the select box simply allows only one choice and multi select allows multiple selections!
Happy Streamlit-ing!
Marisa
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Works for me also. And just to add a useful note, st.multiselect is good for this since it also allows for blank selection (len(selector)==0) so that user can type in initial selection, or add additional ones.
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Hey @paulpax,
Do you happen to have a MWE for this?
Hi Marisa,
Can you get the default “Choose an option” to look different from the actual options?
I create a list like so [“Type Here” , option1,option2…optionn] but the “Type Here” looks a lot like the option choices, I’d like the default option to look different (italics and a little more transparent?)
Hey,
Unfortunately, that’s not possible right now. There is likely a way around this by using CSS, I would check around the forum for other posts and see if there is some sample code you can pull from!
Hello, do you have any solution about the this question? I look for the same feature
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hi
I was trying to find any solution, but there was no text autocomplete for streamlit. so I decided to write one. I hope by using custom strategy you will be able to configure it for your case
please check streamlit-textcomplete · PyPI
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