After not able to find a good universal solution I made something of my own. I have not tested it for a very large list.
It takes care of nested keys,arrays or just about anything.
app.filter('xf', function() {
function keyfind(f, obj) {
if (obj === undefined)
return -1;
else {
var sf = f.split(".");
if (sf.length <= 1) {
return obj[sf[0]];
} else {
var newobj = obj[sf[0]];
sf.splice(0, 1);
return keyfind(sf.join("."), newobj)
}
}
}
return function(input, clause, fields) {
var out = [];
if (clause && clause.query && clause.query.length > 0) {
clause.query = String(clause.query).toLowerCase();
angular.forEach(input, function(cp) {
for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
var haystack = String(keyfind(fields[i], cp)).toLowerCase();
if (haystack.indexOf(clause.query) > -1) {
out.push(cp);
break;
}
}
})
} else {
angular.forEach(input, function(cp) {
out.push(cp);
})
}
return out;
}
})
HTML
<input ng-model="search.query" type="text" placeholder="search by any property">
<div ng-repeat="product in products | xf:search:['color','name']">
...
</div>