Dan, I'm essentially trying to replicate a "combobox".
I'm almost certainly going to use a fairly limited set of local data. Not that I want to rule remote data out, mind you. Basically, I want a "pulldown" control that will show the entire list (preferably with scrolling, which I think is not presently implemented). Then, the user can click on the option that they want. Or, if they start typing into the input, they get the normal autocomplete behavior - except that the non-selected choices are still clickable, and the first close match is auto-selected. And, the user must be able to enter a value that isn't one of the choices. It's amazing how many widgets out there have gotten *close* to what I need, without actually arriving there. :) If I had a good enough grasp of how the plugin currently works, I'd take a whack at it myself. It's *so* almost there! - Brian > Brian, > >>How would I go about creating a button/anchor to put next to a field with >>an autocompleter, that will cause the selection list (with all of its >>values) to appear? > > At the moment there's no external hooks that will allow you to do this. > All > the hide/show functions are private declarations. > > Are you wanting to show just matches for what's in the text box currently, > or some way to show "all" matches? > > Are you using local or remote data to populate the autocomplete? > > -Dan
