Hi, I did it with help from Dave Batton (so you can imagine how fresh this solution is)!
The way it works is this and you will laugh/wince. Here is a screenshot of the form: http://www.4dsupport.guru/iNUGPictures/2017/Select.png Have 36 buttons that trigger to the 26 characters and 10 numerals. These are combined into a string and if that text is found (in the current sorted column) that line is highlighted. If there is no typing after one second then the buffer is cleared. Regards, Wayne [image: --] Wayne Stewart [image: http://]about.me/waynestewart <http://about.me/waynestewart> On 28 June 2017 at 11:07, David Adams via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:01 AM, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I've been messing around with type ahead recently. I came across that as > > well and I seem to recall the solution was some 'regular' type ahead > > methodology wired up to the list box. So you'd still have the list object > > as a separate object on your form and move/show it when doing entry on > the > > listbox cell. Then hide it when done. And if you want to include a > 'shadow' > > TA object (to show what the TA completion would be if you selected it at > > that moment - looks like the placeholder) it's more complicated by issues > > of transparency and z-axis locations. Sigh. > > > > Sigh :( Thanks for letting me know all the same.... > > If anyone can think up a clear feature request, post back here! This looks > like something a lot of folks would vote for. It's an ideal request in a > few ways because > * Lots of people already want it. > * Lots more people would want it as soon as it was available. > * It's sounds pretty over-the-top hard to do today. > > I'd bet 4D could do a very nice job of adding as an optional behavior on a > listbox column. Like, 'it has to be sorted and then when the object has > focus, we'll use a binary search to find the best place for where they've > typed.' After that, they could apply the same logic to the Explorer window > where type-ahead only seems to respect 2-3 characters... > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
