search a select statement

[Foo]

In VB you can go through a drop down box letter by letter. Is it possible to
do this in JS?

What I mean is if I have a drop down of names and I hit 'b' it takes me to
the b's then if I hit 'e' it takes me to the e's where I want to go to 'be'
instead because e is the second letter I typed. Basically I need to build a
string not just sort through the first letter of each value.

Any ideas?

thanks

[McKirahan]

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In VB you can go through a drop down box letter by letter. Is it possible to do this in JS?

What I mean is if I have a drop down of names and I hit 'b' it takes me to
the b's then if I hit 'e' it takes me to the e's where I want to go to 'be' instead because e is the second letter I typed. Basically I need to build a string not just sort through the first letter of each value.

Any ideas?

thanks

Take a look at:

// Cooking with JavaScript & DHTML
// Bonus Recipe: Typing select Element Choices in IE for Windows
// http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/java...nygoodman.html
// http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/4135

This may be an IE only solution.