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[Brian Dailey]

You will want your web app to be able to handle unexpected values 
anyway, right? The web-developer extension on Firefox allows you to 
"Make select fields editable" so you can test your application with 
unruly values.

edward potter wrote:
> ouch, the purist would probably cringe - allows the user to change a
> drop down.  on the other hand it is kinda of cool. it sounds like you
> are looking for an ajax solution.
> 
> Things to google:
> ajax drop down type ahead
> 
> :-)  ed
> 
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> On 12/19/06, Kenneth Downs <ken at secdat.com> wrote:
>> Hi folks, I'm wondering if anybody has seen a particular kind of control
>> I need.
>>
>> It's called many things, but "editable Select box" seems to be a common
>> term.  One example that is close to what I want is here:
>>
>> http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/scripts/form_widget_editable_select/form_widget_editable_select.html 
>>
>>
>> The trouble I'm running into is that none of the example out there seem
>> to do quite what I want.  If somebody has seen or used one that does the
>> following, any links would be hugely appreciated:
>>
>> 1)  Allows entry of a value not in the box (optionally turn this on or 
>> off)
>> 2)  While user is typing, the drop-down list scrolls to the best current
>> match
>> 3)  Hitting "enter" or "tab" or whatever with a partial entry picks the
>> best current match
>>
>> Anybody seen this?
>>
>>
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