Is there a way to not trigger unless 3 characters have been typed?

[nastanford]

Is there a way to not trigger unless 3 characters have been typed?
Here is my first attempt at solving this what am I doing wrong?

 <input class="col-4 form-control border-1 border-primary" type="search"
          name="search" placeholder="Enter the Student ID or Name"
          hx-get="/studentreporting/view/search/index.cfm?page=1"
          hx-trigger="keyup changed delay:1000ms, search if this.value.length >= 3"  
          hx-target="##searchResults"
          hx-indicator=".htmx-indicator"
          hx-boost="enter">

[nastanford]

I just found an answer, not sure if it is the best answer but in case someone else needs this. This seems to work.

        <input class="col-4 form-control border-1 border-primary" type="search"
          name="search" placeholder="Enter the Student ID or Name"
          hx-get="/studentreporting/view/search/index.cfm?page=1"
          hx-trigger="keyup[target.value.length > 3] delay:1000ms, search[target.value.length > 3]"  
          hx-target="##searchResults"
          hx-indicator=".htmx-indicator"
          hx-boost="enter">

[nastanford]

I just found an answer not sure if it is the best answer but in case someone else needs this.

        <input class="col-4 form-control border-1 border-primary" type="search"
          name="search" placeholder="Enter the Student ID or Name"
          hx-get="/studentreporting/view/search/index.cfm?page=1"
          hx-trigger="keyup[target.value.length > 3] delay:1000ms, search[target.value.length > 3]"  
          hx-target="##searchResults"
          hx-indicator=".htmx-indicator"
          hx-boost="enter">

[Telroshan]

Seems good to me! I think that's the easiest you can do with hx trigger conditionals
Additionally, you might want to add changed to that keyup event, so that it only triggers if the current value is more than 3 character AND if the latest stroke actually added something to the value (think about hitting arrow keys, ctrl or shift that don't modify the search, in which case you don't really need to trigger the request)
Like

keyup[target.value.length > 3] changed delay:1000ms

[nastanford]

Thank you I will do that. Loving this HTMX so far.