Allow a no-results option with role=presentation

README.md

@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ item whose display text needs to be different:
 <li role="option" data-autocomplete-value="bb8">BB-8 (astromech)</li>
 ```
 
+Use `data-no-result-found="true"` to show a no results message inside the autocomplete popover. Be sure to add `role="presentation"` 
+to this element so that screen readers do not mistake this as an auto-complete option. The auto-complete-element has built in functionality that
+handles aria-live announcing number of search results so this should be purely decorative. 
+
+```html
+<li role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" disabled data-no-result-found="true">No results found!</li>
+```
+
 ### A Note on Clear button
 While `input type="search"` comes with an `x` that clears the content of the field and refocuses it on many browsers, the implementation for this control is not keyboard accessible, and so we've opted to enable a customizable clear button so that your keyboard users will be able to interact with it.
 

examples/index.html

@@ -100,9 +100,15 @@
         <div id="custom-fetching-items-popup-feedback" class="sr-only"></div>
       </auto-complete>
       <button type="submit">Save</button>
-    </form>
+    </form> 
     <script>
-      window.fetch = () => Promise.resolve(new Response(robotsList));
+      window.fetch = (url) => {
+        const query = url.split('?q=')[1]
+        if (query === 'none') {
+          return  Promise.resolve(new Response('<li role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" data-no-result-found="true">No results found!</li>'))
+        }
+        return Promise.resolve(new Response(robotsList));
+      }
       // fetchResult must be a function that return a Promise of string and that accepts as parameters an element and an URL
       document.querySelector("auto-complete#custom-fetching-method").fetchResult = async (el, url) => (await fetch(url)).text();
     </script>
@@ -123,3 +129,4 @@
         <script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/@github/auto-complete-element@latest/dist/bundle.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
+

src/autocomplete.ts

@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ export default class Autocomplete {
         this.identifyOptions()
         this.combobox.indicateDefaultOption()
         const allNewOptions = this.results.querySelectorAll('[role="option"]')
-        const hasResults = !!allNewOptions.length
+
+        const hasResults =
+          !!allNewOptions.length || !!this.results.querySelectorAll('[data-no-result-found="true"]').length
         const numOptions = allNewOptions.length
 
         const [firstOption] = allNewOptions

test/auto-complete-element.js

@@ -4,6 +4,31 @@ import {AutoCompleteElement} from '../src/index.ts'
 const sleep = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
 
 describe('auto-complete element', function () {
+  describe('no results', () => {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      document.body.innerHTML = `
+        <div id="mocha-fixture">
+          <auto-complete src="/noresults" for="popup">
+            <input type="text">
+            <ul id="popup"></ul>
+            <div id="popup-feedback"></div>
+          </auto-complete>
+        </div>
+      `
+    })
+
+    it('checks that no results is displayed', async () => {
+      const container = document.querySelector('auto-complete')
+      const input = container.querySelector('input')
+      const popup = container.querySelector('#popup')
+
+      triggerInput(input, 'none')
+      await once(container, 'loadend')
+      assert.isTrue(container.open)
+      assert.equal(1, popup.children.length)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('element creation', function () {
     it('creates from document.createElement', function () {
       const el = document.createElement('auto-complete')

web-test-runner.config.js

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export default {
             <li role="option" aria-disabled="true"><span>fourth</span></li>
             <li><a role="option" href="#hash">link</a></li>
           `
+      } else if (method === 'GET' && url.startsWith('/noresults?q=none')) {
+        response.status = 200
+        response.body = `
+            <li role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" disabled data-no-result-found="true">No results found!</li>
+          `
       }
       await next()
     },