Debounced setCellMeta for AJAX autocomplete

[rmlevangelio]

Hi team.

I want to suggest adding a debounce feature for autocomplete.

hot?.setCellMeta(row, col, 'source', async (query: string, process: (items: string[]) => void) => {
  const res = await fetch('some/url').
  process(res.data);
});

Given the example above, the callback function is always invoked whenever the user typed on the autocomplete cell. This causes a lot of traffic to the server since we are trying to fetch data from the database.

I would like to propose if we can have a debounce feature for this callback function.

Let me know if this is clear.

Cheers

[adrianszymanski89]

Hi @rmlevangelio

Thank you for the suggestion. We will need to discuss this possibility internally. As Handnsontable has a complex architecture, we must consider all the pros and cons of adding any feature that touches core functionalities. I'll let you know when I have more information on this.