[BNM] jquery auto complete select dropdown

[Max Williams]

Hi Julian
We use the one you linked to (
http://jquery.bassistance.de/autocomplete/demo/), without any ajax, just
passing it an array that i populate dynamically when the page loads - like
this (in an erb file)

    function initializeAutocompletes() {
      var postcodes = <%= @postcodes.inspect %>;
      jQuery(".school-postcode-field").autocomplete(postcodes, {
        minChars: 3,
        max: 2000,
        scrollHeight: 500,
        matchContains: true
      });

I don't understand what you mean by "Trouble is they don't seem to think of
the functionality of just replacing
an existing dropdown." though, can you give an example?

max



2009/7/1 Julian Blundell <old at w34u.com>

> Hi
>
> I have a html select list that needs to be changed to an auto-complete type
> like the windows selection stuff
>
> Is there a jquery plugin which does this, preferably not by using megga
> ajaxy type stuff, the data is already there after all.
>
> Using this at the moment http://nihilex.com/droplist-filter
> but the client wants it to be more like
> http://jquery.bassistance.de/autocomplete/demo/
>
> Trouble is the don't seem to think of the functionality of just replacing
> and existing dropdown.
>
> Can anybody help?
>
> Jules
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