typeahead: Add showOnClick option to customize input click behavior.

Previously, via commit ecf557eab9, the
logic for the click action on the input field was added to the typeahead
to aid with the interaction when the user changes the position of the
cursor — targeted at the compose box where there could be multiple
instances of typeahead.

This commit adds an option to disable the rendering of typeahead when
the user navigates within the input element via clicks — suitable for
single input elements where we don't expect multiple typeaheads.

web/src/bootstrap_typeahead.ts

@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ export class Typeahead<ItemType extends string | object> {
     // don't set the html content of the div from this module, and
     // it's handled from the caller (or updater function) instead.
     updateElementContent: boolean;
+    // Used to determine whether the typeahead should be shown,
+    // when the user clicks anywhere on the input element.
+    showOnClick: boolean;
     // Used for custom situations where we want to hide the typeahead
     // after selecting an option, instead of the default call to lookup().
     hideAfterSelect: () => boolean;
@@ -307,6 +310,7 @@ export class Typeahead<ItemType extends string | object> {
         this.requireHighlight = options.requireHighlight ?? true;
         this.shouldHighlightFirstResult = options.shouldHighlightFirstResult ?? (() => true);
         this.updateElementContent = options.updateElementContent ?? true;
+        this.showOnClick = options.showOnClick ?? true;
         this.hideAfterSelect = options.hideAfterSelect ?? (() => true);
         this.hideOnEmptyAfterBackspace = options.hideOnEmptyAfterBackspace ?? false;
         this.getCustomItemClassname = options.getCustomItemClassname;
@@ -825,8 +829,15 @@ export class Typeahead<ItemType extends string | object> {
     }
 
     element_click(): void {
-        // update / hide the typeahead menu if the user clicks anywhere
+        if (!this.showOnClick) {
-        // inside the typing area, to avoid misplaced typeahead insertion.
+            // If showOnClick is false, we don't want to show the typeahead
+            // when the user clicks anywhere on the input element.
+            return;
+        }
+        // Update / hide the typeahead menu if the user clicks anywhere
+        // inside the typing area. This is important in textarea elements
+        // such as the compose box where multiple typeahead can exist,
+        // and we want to prevent misplaced typeahead insertion.
         this.lookup(false);
     }
 
@@ -903,6 +914,7 @@ type TypeaheadOptions<ItemType> = {
     requireHighlight?: boolean;
     shouldHighlightFirstResult?: () => boolean;
     updateElementContent?: boolean;
+    showOnClick?: boolean;
     hideAfterSelect?: () => boolean;
     getCustomItemClassname?: (item: ItemType) => string;
 };