Dropdown Web Control for quick data entry

[Developerforum]

Hi,
My customer is looking for a web control that allow them to perform
speedy data entry.

They wanted a dropdown list box which they can also key in the code
directly (like a text box).

I notice that current the dropdown box allow first character search,
(i.e. when user enter "P", the dropdown list box will "jump" to the first P
item).

So is there any way to allow multiple characters quick access (i.e. when
user enter "P" and then "R" then the list box will "jump" to the first item
that starts with "PR")

Thanks.

Regards
Developerforum
Please remove NOSPAMPLS

 

[SSW]

I think work's u have to type very fast PR.

Other option is to follow the below steps
1) Open control panel
2) Double click keyboead option.
3) Change Repeat Rate scale bar close to slow.

Now try it.

Thanks,

sswalia
MCSD, MCAD, OCA

 

[Developerforum]

Tried, but that is not what my customer needs. I basically make it slower
when user enter repeated characters (e.g. "eeeeeee" will be slower)

For example, at http://msdn.microsoft.com/

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[alex bowers]

hi,
I've seen this achieved by writing some client script.
The principles are to write a function that returns a
match from the list based on the user's keypress, then
storing the exact time of the keypress in a hidden field
using the data.valueOf() function. When the user next
presses a key the search is repeated, refining the search
if the current keypress is sufficiently close to the
previous one (eg n seconds apart or less). If the time
difference is greater than this value, then search from
the beginning of the string using the current keypress
value.

good luck!
alex