Kind of like that except I was thinking that in addition to the "type ahead" stuff you would also get the drop down that would show other simliar choices. So you can keep typing or chose one from the list. Unlike google's version you would also have the option to scroll (with settings that would allow you to turn off the scroll bar.)
My coworker and I are stil hammering out the kinks. We'll have a working example (just javascript and DHTML no faces) shortly. Then I will port it over to JSF. sean On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:43:42 +0100, MichaÅ MaÅecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Sean, > something like that > > http://www.man.poznan.pl/~mmalecki/ehead.html ? > I think the best would be to mimic google suggest (I mean combo box like > view, not server-side communcation),but it would definetelly more dhtml magic > MichaÅ MaÅecki > > > >I have an idea for the next component I can contribute. I am still > >working on the revised tree but there is a new component that I am > >working on that I think would be very useful for others. > > > >Basically it would be a "suggest" input component. So it would look > >like a regular input text field but once you started typing in it, it > >would "suggest" choices. For those of you not familiar with "google > >suggest" you should check that feature out for a better idea of what I > >mean. > > > >Unlike google's suggest feature it would not dynamically communicate > >with the server to update the list. You would specify a finite list > >via a backing bean and those would be the choices. You could also > >specify whether to require the value be one of the choices listed (it > >would have an internal validatation method provided.) > > > >I had the idea for this feature when our users complained about now > >having the "type ahead" stuff in our webapp that they were used to > >seeing in their otherwise lousy Oracle Forms application. (Not a slam > >on Oracle Forms, just this implementation.) > > > >Anyways, I am working with someone who is doing all of the javascript > >and DHTML necessary. It wil work in IE and Firefox. I will port it > >over to JSF and offer it to MyFaces if there is interest. > > > >sean > > > > > > > > > >
