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techris

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Apr 2, 2007
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In programs such as quickbooks, if you click on a drop down menu and start typing...

example: Techris

Quickbooks will look for matches that start with 'T' then 'Te' then 'Tec' and so forth until you are finished typing.

When a form field in a browser is used with the same word the browser looks for matches that start with 'T' then 'e' then 'c' and so forth.

Is there any way to make an html drop down menu work similar to the way they do in programs such as quickbooks instead of just taking the first letters typed?

I am open to other language options if anyone can think of how to do it.

Thanks in advance!

P.S. to see an example of this online goto . If you type fast enough, the search line does exactly what I am wanting to do. Anyone have an idea of how?
 
It's an automatic feature of the browser. You can see this by disabling JS, and then visiting the URL you gave. In Firefox, I see exactly the behaviour you describe.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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