On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Luca Arzeni <l.arz...@iname.com> wrote:
> Hi, > I'm using tapestry 5.3.7 unde jboss6 (java6). > I'm developing an invoice form. > I already have a customer list, built with a grid. > While filling the invoice form, I need to show the customer grid, select > one of the customers, and retrieve his data (first and last name, addreess, > city, zip code phone numbers and so on...), to fill some fields of the > invoice form. > I would not like to use a select on the invoice data, since I have a large > list of customers. > What is the best practise to face this issue? > > The typical solution is to use some type of autocomplete field, where the user can start typing on a field and the system makes a lookup on the background and provides a list of matches based on the input. There's an autocomplete mixins available for a regular input field, see http://tapestry.apache.org/component-mixins.html. It may or may not work out-of-the-box but at least it'll give you ideas on how to build yours. Kalle
