On 05/05/2011 01:02 AM, Aryeh Gregor wrote:
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Jonas Sicking<jo...@sicking.cc> wrote:
The mozNoFilter attribute we added in Firefox 4.
I don't see any use-case where you wouldn't want to use mozNoFilter.
Why doesn't it just work that way always?
Basically, when you want to use the datalist to suggest a few things you
might not want to filter and when the list is long, you very likely want
to filter.
You might not want to filter when the list is a real set of suggestions
and you can type anything else. For example, a field in a support form
can ask you "What is your problem?" and you could type a brief summary
but some pre-written issues will be available. It's equivalent to a
select element followed by an input field that you can use if you select
"other" in the list.
As I see it, when you filter, you have a very long list and you very
likely want the user to select something in the list like a list of
bugzilla emails, a list o metro stations, etc. Writing anything not in
the list might not work.
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Mounir
