Hey everyone,
I need a combobox, where a user types in part of the entry, and the possible choices are looked up and presented for the user to select. The AutoCompleteTextField looks like it is close to what I want, but I was hoping there is a way to have an object behind the component's model, rather than simply a String. Let's say I have a Person table with ID, name, and address... I want the user to type in part of the name and select a person, the field will display name/address pairs so that the entries are unique, but when the form submits, I really just want the ID so I don't have to parse the textfield string and lookup the object. Is there a way I can achieve this using a custom Renderer / converter / behavior? Is there a different component or extension that already does this? Or is there an easy way to achieve this with the AutoCompleteTextField? Thanks for any help! -Clay
