well I'll be...

=)
--- Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Jim Cassata wrote:
> > Ian,
> >
> > you won't get the type it in functionality from the combobox. you
> could
> > however, mix the two. place the textinput from Autocomplete over
> the
> > combobox, and expose the dropdown arrow th the right, or use a
> custom
> > button to switch between the two controls as the user sees fit.
> click
> > on the textinput, get Autocomplete functionality. click the drop
> arrow,
> > get combobox functionality.
> Actually I did.  I dug into the code and made some wild eyed, lucky 
> guesses.  The component is based on a combo box just with the drop
> down 
> arrow set to a width of zero to make it look like a text control.  
> Restoring the drop arrow provide the functionality I desired.  It
> also 
> has the ability to accept value not on the list  The only bit about
> this 
> is that the user needs to use the 'up' arrow on the keyboard to
> accept a 
> new value that is a substring of an existing value.  If the user
> presses 
> enter, the first element that matches the typed text is selected if
> one 
> exists.  This is a bit unintuitive to me, I would prefer the enter
> key 
> to work as the up key, but I'm not confident enough with my 
> understanding of the logic to play with this functionality yet.
> 
>


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