Autocomplete in dropdown on ASP

Abe Hills · Jul 16, 2003

I'm trying to put a drop-down box on an asp, which will containing a list of
names.

When a user starts typing a name that is in the list I want the text to
autocomplete

e.g. when the user types 'st' I'd like the text to autocomplete to steve or
stephen, depending on which is first in the list.

Can this be done??

Thanks in advance.

Randy R · Jul 16, 2003

When a user starts typing a name that is in the list I want the text to

autocomplete

This is a client-side issue... I believe users can disable and enable this
within their browser settings. If there's a way to enable it from within
the page, then it's more than likely done with client-side javascript. I'd
look into a javascript group (comp.lang.javascript).

Bob Barrows · Jul 16, 2003

Abe said:
I'm trying to put a drop-down box on an asp, which will containing a
list of names.

When a user starts typing a name that is in the list I want the text
to autocomplete

e.g. when the user types 'st' I'd like the text to autocomplete to
steve or stephen, depending on which is first in the list.

Can this be done??

Thanks in advance.

It can't be done via ASP, but it can with client-side code. Go to
http://www.thrasherwebdesign.com/index.asp?pi=links&hp=links.asp and
download my dynamic listbox example. Even if you can't use this specific
code in your environment to accomplish your task, you may get some ideas
about how to do it from my code.

Please follow up on a client-side scripting newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript (or jscript) or one of the groups whose
name include "dhtml".

HTH,
Bob Barrows

Jeff Cochran · Jul 16, 2003

I'm trying to put a drop-down box on an asp, which will containing a list of
names.

When a user starts typing a name that is in the list I want the text to
autocomplete

e.g. when the user types 'st' I'd like the text to autocomplete to steve or
stephen, depending on which is first in the list.

Can this be done??

Not in ASP, since it's client side, but I think Curt had some code on
darkfalz.com that did this. Hang on...

Dum de dum... deedle doo...

Yup. Here's a link:

http://www.darkfalz.com/VBNotes/postdetails.aspx?pstID=1086

Jeff
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Dan Williams · Jul 16, 2003

Try this code:-

<html>
<head>

<Script language="javascript">
</Script>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=vbscript>

</script>

<body onload="form1.FilterStaff.focus()">
<form name="form1">
<select name="FilterStaff" onKeyPress="return SelectStaff();">
<option value="AAA">AAA</option>
<option value="ABB">ABB</option>
<option value="ABC">ABC</option>
<option value="BAA">BAA</option>
<option value="BBA">BBA</option>
<option value="BBC">BBC</option>
<option value="CAA">CAA</option>
<option value="CAB">CAB</option>
<option value="CBB">CBB</option>
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Not sure why, but it doesn't seem to like it if you take out the first
Javascript section. Probably something to do with the return statement.

Dan

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Autocomplete in dropdown on ASP

Abe Hills

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