Hi Devin, To automatically display the closest spelt item and hilite the auto-inserted characters, put this in the script of your comboBox button...
on keyup k put num of chars of the label of me into temp get line lineoffset(CR&last word of the label me, CR&me) of me if it <>"" then set the label of me to it else beep # optional select char (temp +1) to -1 of me end keyup Tested with a 3,000 line menuItem list and seems suitably responsive. /H > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Devin Asay > Sent: Thursday, 19 January, 2006 20:38 > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: auto searching technique > > I know this has been discussed before, but I'm not having any > luck in the archives, and I can't reach Rev Online for some > reason. :-( > > Has anyone developed a handler for doing an active search for > a line in a combo box popup while typing in the combo box? So > if my combo box contains a list like this, in alphabetical order: > > Apple > Banana > Cantelope > Grape > Kiwi > Orange > Peach > Pear > Pineapple > Plum > Raspberry > Strawberry > Watermelon > > And I start typing "p", the list pops up with the first item > beginning with "p" hilited. Or more accurately, the first > item beginning with 'p' with everything after 'p' hilited. > Then as I continue to type "pi", Pineapple is (partially) > highlighted. Sort of like auto-complete in a web browser url > field or my Mail program's address field. > > I know this can be done, but it's eluding me at the moment. > > Devin > > Devin Asay > Humanities Technology and Research Support Center Brigham > Young University _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
