have you tried hiding the suggestions on blur event, to my knowledge that is fired when the user moves away from the current window
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:50 AM, subhro <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to implement a google.com search form style auto-suggest > box. > > I have reached a stage where the drop down with suggestions appear > correctly. > However on changing windows (click on any other app window on the > desktop) The or click any where else other that the "body" of the > page, DOES NOT close the drop down. I would idealy like to close this > drop down the moment the user clicks on anything else other than the > "current application page" > > Using firebug i found that google uses a hidden table, to display all > the suggestions. It sets the visibility to hidden the moment the user > moves away from the current window to any other window. How do you > detect that the user has moved away from the current window? > > Onblur of the auto-suggest textfield does not seem to work in this > case. > > How are gwt experts on this list solving this "loss of focus on the > current browser window" event in the any GWT page? > > Any pointers in this direction would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Subhro. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
