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Type ahead functionality for combo boxes

Hi All,

I am new to this group and this is my first mail to the group.

I have a requirement wherein we need to support type ahead
functionality for combo boxes.

For e.g. Say we have 5 entries in combo box "1, 23, 14, 18, 4".
The default functionality of combobox is, whenever I press 1 from key
board, it will take me to first entry in combo box which starts with
"1". Next time when I press 1 again then it will take me to second
entry starting with 1 (i.e. 14).

My requirement is whenever user presses 1,4 one after the other it
should take me to the entry starts with 14 (and not to the entry starts
with 4).

The sample html code is

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr align=left>
<td>
<select>
<option selected name = "1" >1</option>
<option value = "23" >23</option>
<option value = "14" >14</option>
<option value = "18" >18</option>
<option value = "4" >4</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Mar 15 '06 #1
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tuffs wrote:
Hi All,

I am new to this group and this is my first mail to the group.

I have a requirement wherein we need to support type ahead
functionality for combo boxes.

For e.g. Say we have 5 entries in combo box "1, 23, 14, 18, 4".
The default functionality of combobox is, whenever I press 1 from key
board, it will take me to first entry in combo box which starts with
"1". Next time when I press 1 again then it will take me to second
entry starting with 1 (i.e. 14).

My requirement is whenever user presses 1,4 one after the other it
should take me to the entry starts with 14 (and not to the entry starts
with 4).


You may look at:
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2003/09/03/dannygoodman.html>

Mar 15 '06 #2
tuffs wrote:
Hi All,

I am new to this group and this is my first mail to the group.

I have a requirement wherein we need to support type ahead
functionality for combo boxes.

For e.g. Say we have 5 entries in combo box "1, 23, 14, 18, 4".
The default functionality of combobox is, whenever I press 1 from key
board, it will take me to first entry in combo box which starts with
"1". Next time when I press 1 again then it will take me to second
entry starting with 1 (i.e. 14).

My requirement is whenever user presses 1,4 one after the other it
should take me to the entry starts with 14 (and not to the entry starts
with 4).
Start with something like this:

<URL:http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/autocomplete/>
Follow this thread:

<URL:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....86b9c3db9dd5cd


--
Rob
Mar 15 '06 #3

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