Google places autocomplete, how to clean up pac-container?

Question

I\'m using the google places autocomplete control, and it creates an element for the drop down with a class pac-container.

I\'m using the autocomplete in a

Answer 1

Built this recursive function to locate element position inside autocomplete object.

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Get first matching object

var elementLocator = function(prop, className, maxSearchLevel, level) {

    level++;

    if (level === (maxSearchLevel + 1) || !prop || !(Array.isArray(prop) || prop === Object(prop))) {
        return;
    }

    if (prop === Object(prop) && prop.classList && prop.classList.contains && typeof prop.classList.contains === 'function' && prop.classList.contains(className)) {
        return prop;
    }

    for (const key in prop) {
        if (prop.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            var element = elementLocator(prop[key], className, maxSearchLevel, level);
            if (element) {
                return element;
            }
        }
    }
};

Usage:

var elm = null;
try {
    //set to search first 12 levels, pass -1 to search all levels
    elm = elementLocator(this.autocomplete, 'pac-container', 12, null); 
} catch(e) {
    console.log(e);
}