Auto fill in form element

[fox]

Hi,

I was wondering if someone can point me to a site with form elements where
I might find something that would autofill in a text box or a drop dropdown
menu. My issue is lists of names, sometimes almost 2,000. We are looking
for a shortcut to a traditional dropdown which only allows us to enter the
first letter and then we have to scroll. I need to quicken the process by
allowing the data entry person to start entering letters until they get the
name they wanted.

Regards,
Fox

[Jim Land]

fox <fo*@connexions.netwrote in
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I was wondering if someone can point me to a site with form elements
where I might find something that would autofill in a text box or a
drop dropdown menu. My issue is lists of names, sometimes almost
2,000. We are looking for a shortcut to a traditional dropdown which
only allows us to enter the first letter and then we have to scroll. I
need to quicken the process by allowing the data entry person to start
entering letters until they get the name they wanted.

Autocomplete select box ("dropdown menu")
Note that 2000+ entries in a select box is pretty awkward and may lead to
performance issues and/or browser crashes. Here are some pointers:

http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/autocomplete/

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/.../JavaScript/Q_
20433351.html

http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?
s=f987ee964d84476d4f1a51e59e691f9f&t=9865

Autocomplete text box:
google javascript autocomplete textbox