Maybe the old autocompleters should point to Jörn's (if his is the most up to date) and recommend it as an alternative? It has been in Alpha for a while (and I think the one in SVN is more up to date).
On Jul 27, 11:53 am, "Dylan Verheul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Use a correct value for cacheLength and matchSubset > (see docs for the original at athttp://www.dyve.net/jquery/autocomplete.txt) > > Tip: Use the latest and greatest > autocompleter:http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/ > > Good luck! > > -Dylan > > On 7/27/07, (null) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > I'm trying to use autocomplete (this one: > >http://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/autocomplete.htm) to suggest > > street names to the user while he types them. > > Because there can be quite a lot streets I decided to limit the result > > to 10 entries server-side. > > Now the problem: > > Let's assume I got 10 elements beginning with "An" and 10 elements > > beginning with "At". > > Now the user types an "A" into the textbox. Autocomplete contacts the > > server which returns the 10 "An" elements. Now the user types in a > > "t", resulting in an "At". Autocomplete seems to think it got all > > elements starting with "A" and therefore all which start with "At", > > searches it's list, finds none, shows none, although my server has 10 > > results for "At". > > > Now if I understand the docs right, the option matchSubset should > > control/disable this behaviour: > > matchSubset (default value: 1) > > Whether or not the autocompleter can use a cache for more specific > > queries. This means that all matches of "foot" are a subset of all > > matches for "foo". Usually this is true, and using this options > > decreases server load and increases performance. Remember to set > > cacheLength to a bigger number, like 10. > > > But it doesn't. > > > Also the minChars - Option is completely ignored. > > > I'd really appreciate any help! > > > Here is my code: > > As an explanation for the _cityDropDownList - part: The user first > > selects the city and the street and of course I need to tell my site > > in which city the street is supposed to be. > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > jQuery(function() > > { > > jQuery("#_streetTextBox").autocomplete("GetStreets.aspx", { > > minChars:5, > > matchSubset:0, > > cacheLength:1 > > }); > > jQuery("#_cityDropDownList").change(function(event){ > > var ac = > > $("#_streetTextBox").autocomplete("GetStreets.aspx"); > > ac[0].autocompleter.setExtraParams({CityCode: > > jQuery("#_cityDropDownList").val()}); > > }); > > }); > > </script>
