that's not the way an HTML select element works. you can do it by typing the first character of the option...but not "drilling down" by using multiple characters.
i think there are some javascripts that will do it...possibly some sort of AJAX...but it's not a behavior that's native to an HTML select. On 8/29/06, Rusty Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, this is strange question because I know I have done this in the > past. I have a standard html select control. I wrap the a query > around the options to pull values from a query. The values are > numeric and I have them sorted in ascending order. If there is a > value in the record that I want to get to immediately I am unable to > do so. For example, if the number 28506 is a value, I would like to > start typing that number and narrow down to that value but it isn't > working. If I just have a loop and go from 1 to 30000 and loop > through the query I able to do just that. If there something about > cfoutput that prevents this from working like this? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:251370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

