unicorn:model Doesn't Seem to Trigger Loading States

[kraig-droid]

Hi, Just getting into django-unicorn. Nice work Adam et al! A question:

Suppose I have the following:

<!-- loading.html -->
<div>
  <input unicorn:model.debounce-100="search_term" type="text" id="search-term">

  <div unicorn:loading>Searching...</div>
</div>

{% for thing in things_filtered_by_search_term %}
<p>{{ thing.name }}</p>
{% endfor %}

where the component uses search_term to determine which things to display:

# my_component.py
from django_unicorn.components import UnicornView


class MyComponentView(UnicornView):
    search_term = ""

    things_filtered_by_search_term(self):
        return Thing.objects.filter(name__icontains=search_term)

Unfortunately, unicorn:loading doesn't seem to be triggered by unicorn:model, so 'Searching...' never shows up.

I was able to work around this for radio inputs (that take a long time) by adding a unicorn:click="dummy_method" (def dummy_method(self): pass)

Is there a way to get unicorn:model to trigger loading? Or any ideas for a workaround for a debounced input? Or how to reorganize to trigger the loading?

Thanks!