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Posted by Benjamin Niemann on March 28, 2006, 5:31 am
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i_dvlp@hotmail.com wrote:
> My client wants a text input with type-ahead capabilities, with matches
> that appear below the text input. I've seen an example and I think
> its a MS control.
> If its possible with plain web technologies, its a customized text or
> select.
>
> I think he's gotten the idea from expedia or some site that runs
> ASP.net, not that I want to go there - LOL.
>
> I'm just brainstorming, and thinking what could simulate this and make
> form input easier ? gator form completion ?? could Javascript (JS)
> trigger on a keystroke, and open a div, somehow make a selection and
> repopulate the text box ?
>
> I really don't want to go MS just to get this fancy little thing, so
> I'm looking for options.
> Maybe there's a way to do something similar.
Do you mean something like <http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en>?
Not possible with HTML, this involves JavaScript - and 'Google Suggest' was
what actually kicked of the current hype about 'AJAX'.
Perhaps there is a free, ready-to-use implementation of the 'suggest-input'.
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Benjamin Niemann
Email: pink at odahoda dot de
WWW: http://pink.odahoda.de/
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