Auto-Complete in a String Gadget.
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:36 am
Hi,
Is it possible to do an Auto-Complete function within a string gadget as a user types - as you see in things like Webbrowers?
In the program I am trying to write a user needs to select an item to add but as this item could be massivley varied I am thinking an Auto-Complete idea is best - so if my program thinks it know what the user is typing it makes a suggestion as they type.
My reasoning is that I have a list of pre-loaded data and if the user is entering in something my program knows of it can let them know by auto-compltion. Also it can help to reduce spelling mistakes too!
I was going to use a Combo box with pre-loaded suggstions and an "Other" entry if the user was adding something not in the list. But I wonder if the above idea would work better....
Any ideas on this at all?
Thanks
Arcee.
Is it possible to do an Auto-Complete function within a string gadget as a user types - as you see in things like Webbrowers?
In the program I am trying to write a user needs to select an item to add but as this item could be massivley varied I am thinking an Auto-Complete idea is best - so if my program thinks it know what the user is typing it makes a suggestion as they type.
My reasoning is that I have a list of pre-loaded data and if the user is entering in something my program knows of it can let them know by auto-compltion. Also it can help to reduce spelling mistakes too!
I was going to use a Combo box with pre-loaded suggstions and an "Other" entry if the user was adding something not in the list. But I wonder if the above idea would work better....
Any ideas on this at all?
Thanks
Arcee.