Building a search drop down component with Laravel Livewire

5ec3395c86134.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Livewire;

use App\Contact;
use Livewire\Component;

class ContactSearchBar extends Component
{
    public $query;
    public $contacts;
    public $highlightIndex;

    public function mount()
    {
        $this->reset();
    }

    public function reset()
    {
        $this->query = '';
        $this->contacts = [];
        $this->highlightIndex = 0;
    }

    public function incrementHighlight()
    {
        if ($this->highlightIndex === count($this->contacts) - 1) {
            $this->highlightIndex = 0;
            return;
        }
        $this->highlightIndex++;
    }

    public function decrementHighlight()
    {
        if ($this->highlightIndex === 0) {
            $this->highlightIndex = count($this->contacts) - 1;
            return;
        }
        $this->highlightIndex--;
    }

    public function selectContact()
    {
        $contact = $this->contacts[$this->highlightIndex] ?? null;
        if ($contact) {
            $this->redirect(route('show-contact', $contact['id']));
        }
    }

    public function updatedQuery()
    {
        $this->contacts = Contact::where('name', 'like', '%' . $this->query . '%')
            ->get()
            ->toArray();
    }

    public function render()
    {
        return view('livewire.contact-search-bar');
    }
}

5ec3395c86136.html

<div class="relative">
    <input
        type="text"
        class="form-input"
        placeholder="Search Contacts..."
        wire:model="query"
        wire:keydown.escape="reset"
        wire:keydown.tab="reset"
        wire:keydown.ArrowUp="decrementHighlight"
        wire:keydown.ArrowDown="incrementHighlight"
        wire:keydown.enter="selectContact"
    />

    <div wire:loading class="absolute z-10 list-group bg-white w-full rounded-t-none shadow-lg">
        <div class="list-item">Searching...</div>
    </div>

    @if(!empty($query))
        <div class="fixed top-0 right-0 bottom-0 left-0" wire:click="reset"></div>

        <div class="absolute z-10 list-group bg-white w-full rounded-t-none shadow-lg">
            @if(!empty($contacts))
                @foreach($contacts as $i => $contact)
                    <a
                        href="{{ route('show-contact', $contact['id']) }}"
                        class="list-item {{ $highlightIndex === $i ? 'highlight' : '' }}"
                    >{{ $contact['name'] }}</a>
                @endforeach
            @else
                <div class="list-item">No results!</div>
            @endif
        </div>
    @endif
</div>

I'm dying to understand where the list-item and list-group classes are coming from!

I'm dying to understand where the list-item and list-group classes are coming from!

I think these are them:

.list-group {
    @apply border border-gray-300 border-t-0 rounded-lg overflow-hidden;
}
.list-item {
    @apply text-gray-800 block p-3 font-bold border-t border-gray-300;
}
.list-item:nth-child(even) {
    @apply bg-gray-100;
}
a.list-item:hover,
.list-item.highlight {
    @apply bg-blue-100;
}

wire:keydown.Arrow-Up="decrementHighlight"
wire:keydown.Arrow-Down="incrementHighlight"
I had to use this "-" for arrowkey press detection.
I am not sure if it is because of version difference or because of my OS- Ubuntu
"livewire/livewire": "^2.4"
"laravel/framework": "^8.40"
Hope someone will find it helpful!
Thank you for the code,

@johnpatrix most likely the version change, my article is definitely out of date

@johnpatrix Thanks a lot! Adding the dash worked for me (Livewire version ^2.5).