Auto complete words in an textarea 1

[TanTrazz]

Hello all,

I've found an script on the internet witch autocompletes words from an array.

This only works for the first line in a textarea.

the question is how can i make it work on multiple lines???

Here is the script

<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript"  type="text/javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
		autoComplete=new Array("Computer opnieuw geïnstalleerd","Spyware verwijderd","Viruscontrole uitgevoerd", "Computer opgehaald","Hardware geïnstalleerd", "Software opnieuw geïnstalleerd","Exchange", "Microsoft", "Microsoft Windows", "Microsoft Word", "Microsoft Excel", "Microsoft Publisher");
								
		function komplett(feld) {
			if (!self.event || String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode).search(/[\w\-0-9\.\,]/)==-1) return;
				sname=feld.value.toLowerCase();
					for (i=0;i<autoComplete.length;i++) {
						if (autoComplete[i].toLowerCase().indexOf(sname)==0 && sname.length!=autoComplete[i].length) {
								feld.value=autoComplete[i];
								(range=feld.createTextRange()).moveStart("character",sname.length);
								range.select();
								break;
						}
					}
		}
								
// -->
</script>

tnx TanTrazz

 

[LFI]

This works pretty well for me if the user doesn't cursor back up and attempt to rework some of the text in the middle of the textarea. However, I suspect there is a way to compensate for that as well.

function komplett(feld) 
{
 if (!self.event || String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode).search(/[\w\-0-9\.\,]/)==-1 [b]|| feld.value.length == 0[/b]) 
   return;

 sname=feld.value.toLowerCase();
[b] cursorPlace = sname.length + 1;

 lines = new Array();

 while(sname.indexOf('\n') != -1)
 {
  lines[lines.length] = sname.substring(0, sname.indexOf('\n'));
  sname = sname.substring(sname.indexOf('\n')+1);
 }//end while

 lines[lines.length] = sname;

 for(j=0; j<lines.length; j++)
 {
  cursorPlace--;[/b]
  for (i=0;i<autoComplete.length;i++) 
  {
   if (autoComplete[i].toLowerCase().indexOf([b]lines[j][/b])==0 && [b]lines[j][/b].length!=autoComplete[i].length) 
   {
[b]    lines[j] = autoComplete[i];

    feld.value = '';

    for(k=0; k<lines.length; k++)
    {
     feld.value += lines[k];
    }//end for

    range = feld.createTextRange();
    range.moveStart("character",cursorPlace);
    range.moveEnd("character",feld.value.length - cursorPlace);[/b]
    range.select();
    break;
   }
  }
[b] }//end for[/b]
}

With thanks to cLFlaVA and his responses to the post at

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=951255&page=8.

Let me know if you have any questions about what I've done. I haven't commented the code.

--Dave

 

[TanTrazz]

Dave,


Thank u very much it worked very fine. You helped me a lot.

TnQ TanTrazz

 

[adam0101]

You should give Dave a star if he helped you...

Adam
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done." Andy Rooney.

 

[LFI]

Thanks for looking out for me, Adam!

--Dave