Combo Box (Drop Down Box)

[Phudsen]

Hi,

In MS Access you can filter the drop down box by typing character after character to reach the option.

Example:
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I have a drop down box that is getting Product Names from the database. If I type C it takes me to the first Product in C letter. Suppose I wanted to look for computers, If I type O after C in order to take me to CO, I get the first Product name in O.

In access you can do that with a combo box. If you have a long list of thing you can type the first 2 or three characters to reach what you want faster.

Is it possible in HTML? and how if Yes? Does it require JavaScript?

Thanks a lot
Paulin

 

[ChrisHirst]

the normal behaviour of a <select> allows stepping through the options using the first letter of the options list.
So "c" would select the first option beginning with "c" (case-insensitive) a second press will select the second option and so on.

While it should be possible to use javascript to modify this behaviour, It's rarely a good idea to change certain default behaviours from a usability POV.

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[cLFlaVA]

I wrote an article about this exact functionality here. I haven't had a chance to update the article, but you can actually leave out these lines:

    // determine the text string's length
    var intLength = strFilter.length;

They were part of the functionality that I removed.

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[Phudsen]

Hi,

Thank you for your quick replies.

clFlaVA, this is a nice solution, but is there anyway to do it without the textbox?

Thanks a lot