From 8a6f10c46eb10852634e04f769fd314989c03b8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Silvers <mike@clearcodex.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:10:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added the ability to select multiple items on the
 dropdown list.

---
 README.md                                     | 14 ++++++++++
 SearchTextField/Classes/SearchTextField.swift | 26 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83619d8..adbbf22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,6 +108,20 @@ mySearchTextField.forceNoFiltering = true
 // Explicitly hide the results list
 mySearchTextField.hideResultsList()
 
+// Allow for multiple selections from the list.  Default: false
+mySearchTextField.allowMultipleSelections = true
+// When using the delegate function with allowMultipleSelections = true, remember to add the new selection to the text
+mySearchTextField.itemSelectionHandler = { filteredResults, itemPosition in
+// Just in case you need the item position
+let item = filteredResults[itemPosition]
+// Add the selected item to the existing text
+if let txt = self.mySearchTextField.text {
+    self.mySearchTextField.text = txt + " " + item.title
+} else {
+    self.mySearchTextField.text = item.title
+}
+
+
 /**
 * Update data source when the user stops typing.
 * It's useful when you want to retrieve results from a remote server while typing
diff --git a/SearchTextField/Classes/SearchTextField.swift b/SearchTextField/Classes/SearchTextField.swift
index 2f6ac23..e2e6916 100755
--- a/SearchTextField/Classes/SearchTextField.swift
+++ b/SearchTextField/Classes/SearchTextField.swift
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ open class SearchTextField: UITextField {
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Public interface
     
+    /// Allow for multiple selections
+    open var allowMultipleSelections = false
+    
     /// Maximum number of results to be shown in the suggestions list
     open var maxNumberOfResults = 0
     
@@ -593,15 +596,34 @@ extension SearchTextField: UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
     }
     
     public func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
+        
         if itemSelectionHandler == nil {
-            self.text = filteredResults[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row].title
+            
+            if allowMultipleSelections {
+                if let st = self.text {
+                    // this captures if there was another selection in the field
+                    self.text = st + " " + filteredResults[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row].title
+                } else {
+                    // this is the first selection - there is nothing else in the field
+                    self.text = filteredResults[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row].title
+                }
+            } else {
+                // we are not using the multiple selections option
+                self.text = filteredResults[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row].title
+            }
+            
         } else {
             let index = indexPath.row
             itemSelectionHandler!(filteredResults, index)
         }
         
-        clearResults()
+        // this will only dismiss the table if allowMultipleSelections is not set
+        if !allowMultipleSelections {
+            clearResults()
+        }
+        
     }
+    
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

From 9f5efe24bcdbc330270421a42940f8882c210fb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Silvers <mike@clearcodex.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:12:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Minor revisions to the readme file

---
 README.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index adbbf22..dba80fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ mySearchTextField.hideResultsList()
 
 // Allow for multiple selections from the list.  Default: false
 mySearchTextField.allowMultipleSelections = true
-// When using the delegate function with allowMultipleSelections = true, remember to add the new selection to the text
+
+// When using the delegate function with allowMultipleSelections = true, 
+// remember to add the new selection to the text
 mySearchTextField.itemSelectionHandler = { filteredResults, itemPosition in
 // Just in case you need the item position
 let item = filteredResults[itemPosition]