Guess I'll have to look at your version ;-) On 1/12/07, Dan G. Switzer, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dylan, > > You're correct. It also doesn't work very well if you're displaying the drop > down options in a drastically different way then the autocomplete box is > being filled in. > > However, it's a nice feature if you've got a very straightforward match. > > Also, on a somewhat related note, what I've been doing for "contain" type > matches is loading exact "start" matches at the top of the search results > and "contain" matches below that. Seems to work pretty well for looking up > customers out of the database. > > -Dan > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of Dylan Verheul > >Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 3:36 PM > >To: jQuery Discussion. > >Subject: Re: [jQuery] Dylan Verheul's Autocomplete Mod... > > > >I have't actually looked at the code, but it's nice to see that the > >autocompleter is still being used and improved upon. > > > >One thing: > > > >> * Autofill pre-populates text box as you type > > > >This probably won't work if you allow searching within a string, and > >not just at the beginning of the string. > > > >Best, > > > >Dylan > > > >On 1/12/07, Dan G. Switzer, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I needed some modifications to the autocomplete library that Dylan > >Verheul > >> released, and I wanted to share the modded library: > >> > >> http://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/autocomplete.htm > >> > >> Here are some of the things I fixed/changed: > >> > >> * Supports local data array (can now use w/out AJAX). > >> * Limit dropdown to XX number of results (good for limiting the results > >to > >> users) > >> * Autofill pre-populates text box as you type > >> * New findValue() method can be used to programmatically determine if the > >> value in the box is a valid option. (Useful for verifying the text > >entered > >> is an existing value option.) > >> * Dropdown options now correctly re-position themselves on each display > >> (which means they adjust for changing to the DOM) > >> * Dropdown box defaults to the width of the input field its attached to > >(you > >> can manually specify a larger width as well) > >> * Better emulates Windows autocomplete boxes (for example: hitting delete > >> and retyping the same box will now bring back the dropdown menu) > >> * Miscellaneous bug fixes > >> > >> -Dan > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> jQuery mailing list > >> discuss@jquery.com > >> http://jquery.com/discuss/ > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >jQuery mailing list > >discuss@jquery.com > >http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ >
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