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Simulating "Auto Complete" with Javascript

Hi All,
I'm looking for a script which monitors each keystroke in an input text
field and compares it to the contents of an array of strings and displays
the first matching element as the user types.

In other words, something which works very much like the Windows
"Autocomple te" feature.

Has someone invented this wheel? Thanks.

Vern
Jul 23 '05 #1
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Vern wrote:
Hi All,
I'm looking for a script which monitors each keystroke in an input text
field and compares it to the contents of an array of strings and displays
the first matching element as the user types.

In other words, something which works very much like the Windows
"Autocomple te" feature.

Has someone invented this wheel? Thanks.
Vern


Matt Kruse has a nice example (among many others) here:

http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/...ete/index.html

Jul 23 '05 #2
Thanks, Mscir! Just what I was looking for.

Vern

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Vern wrote:
Hi All,
I'm looking for a script which monitors each keystroke in an input text
field and compares it to the contents of an array of strings and displays the first matching element as the user types.

In other words, something which works very much like the Windows
"Autocomple te" feature.

Has someone invented this wheel? Thanks.
Vern


Matt Kruse has a nice example (among many others) here:

http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/...ete/index.html

Jul 23 '05 #3

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