Knockout.js: Datalist binding From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19865364/knockoutjs-linking-value-from-a-input-to-a-datalist-value

knockout-datalist-ext.js

ko.bindingHandlers.datalist = (function () {
    function getVal(rawItem, prop) {
        var item = ko.unwrap(rawItem);
        return item && prop ? ko.unwrap(item[prop]) : item;
    }

    function findItem(options, prop, ref) {
        return ko.utils.arrayFirst(options, function (item) {
            return ref === getVal(item, prop);
        });
    }
    return {
        init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor) {
            var setup = valueAccessor(),
                textProperty = ko.unwrap(setup.optionsText),
                valueProperty = ko.unwrap(setup.optionsValue),
                dataItems = ko.unwrap(setup.options),
                myValue = setup.value,
                koValue = allBindingsAccessor().value,
                datalist = document.createElement("DATALIST");

            // create an associated <datalist> element
            datalist.id = element.getAttribute("list");
            document.body.appendChild(datalist);

            // when the value is changed, write to the associated myValue observable
            function onNewValue(newVal) {
                var dataItems = ko.unwrap(setup.options),
                    selectedItem = findItem(dataItems, textProperty, newVal),
                    newValue = selectedItem ? getVal(selectedItem, valueProperty) : void 0;

                if (ko.isWriteableObservable(myValue)) {
                    myValue(newValue);
                }
            }

            // listen for value changes
            // - either via KO's value binding (preferred) or the change event
            if (ko.isSubscribable(koValue)) {
                koValue.subscribe(onNewValue);
            } else {
                ko.utils.registerEventHandler(element, "change", function () {
                    onNewValue(this.value);
                });
            }

            // init the element's value
            // - either via the myValue observable (preferred) or KO's value binding
            if (ko.isObservable(myValue) && myValue()) {
                element.value = getVal(findItem(dataItems, valueProperty, myValue()), textProperty);
            } else if (ko.isObservable(koValue) && koValue()) {
                onNewValue(koValue());
            }
        },
        update: function (element, valueAccessor) {
            var setup = valueAccessor(),
                datalist = element.list,
                dataItems = ko.unwrap(setup.options),
                textProperty = ko.unwrap(setup.optionsText);

            // rebuild list of options when an underlying observable changes
            datalist.innerHTML = "";
            ko.utils.arrayForEach(dataItems, function (item) {
                var option = document.createElement("OPTION");
                option.value = getVal(item, textProperty);
                datalist.appendChild(option);
            });
            ko.utils.triggerEvent(element, "change");
        }
    };
})();