Add Tag: Option to add new tag despite existing tag

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Sometimes there are cases where I would like to add a new user to an existing database by name. If there’s already a user that has the same name I should still have the option to add a new tag.

Describe the solution you’d like Instead of the changes made here https://github.com/ng-select/ng-select/commit/d5e97af72201a3fbedb1fa78d6c69be61776c872, it would be nice if there could be an @Input that allows for the ‘Add Tag’ option appearing even if itemsList contains a match.

[yuvgeek]

@hisham - I have raised PR for this feature request. #1394

[varnastadeus]

Ok, let’s start from the beginning. Default search filters items by label and if your item label matches, it just returns existing item. If you want to add item with the same label, just override searchFn.

<ng-select [items]="data"
           [addTag]="addTagFn"
           multiple="true"
           bindLabel="name"
           [searchFn]="searchFn"
           [(ngModel)]="selectedCompanies">
</ng-select>

searchFn(term: string, item: {name: string}) {
    return item.name.includes(term) && item.name !== term;
}