auto-complete without connecting to the server

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi,

My client wants to type instead of select from a list. But it's not just a free typing but typing the first few letters. So basically, it's auto-complete function except that the list data is already in the client as an array in JavaScript.

Is there any plugin for such a function? If not, how would you implement it?

Thanks.

Sam

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Sam, I am unaware of any plugins for this, maybe there is one someone. Fortunately though It is trivial to implement with the Scriptaculous library.

Basically the syntax is new Autocompleter.Local(id_of_text_field, id_of_div_to_populate, array_of_strings, options);

Take a look at the local autocompleter wiki, it has all the information you will need. http://github.com/madrobby/scriptaculous/wikis/autocompleter-local

Cheers

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Typo

...maybe there is one someone --> ...maybe there is one somewhere.

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Robert Zotter wrote:

Take a look at the local autocompleter wiki, it has all the information you will need. GitHub - madrobby/scriptaculous: script.aculo.us is an open-source JavaScript framework for visual effects and interface behaviours.

Thank you very much. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Sam