Ok, that makes sense. Well, the same code is responsible for creating and managing that list.
Optimizing that isn't trivial, as it wouldn't have much use when you have a few autocompletes on one page where the data has no overlap. Jörn On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 8:22 PM, rolfsf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Jörn, > > I'll pass this info on... > > We tend to run into performance issues with this because we might > typically get over 20 autocompletes on the same page, and they're > pulling from a list of about a thousand items. A lot is happening on > the page (in the background) so we look for ways to optimize whenever > possible. > > > > On May 19, 11:03 am, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> None of that is trivial out-of-the-box. The last point sounds like an >> optimization that isn't really necessary unless you experienced an >> actual performance hit. >> >> The second one isn't too hard to implement: Take a look at the source, >> around this >> line:http://dev.jquery.com/browser/trunk/plugins/autocomplete/jquery.autoc... >> Thats where the list is created and where you'd need to check its >> height and page position, and set a custom position relative to the >> input. >> >> I'm not sure about the first one. The autocomplete reacts to the >> keydown event >> (http://dev.jquery.com/browser/trunk/plugins/autocomplete/jquery.autoc...), >> so if you need to override it: Bind a keypress event before the >> autocomplete and prevent bubbling in case of a paste event - maybe >> that isn't even necessary, as long as you change the content of the >> field before the autocomplete-event-handler sees it. >> >> Regards >> Jörn >> >> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:33 AM, rolfsf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > One of our developers was working with the jquery Autocomplete plugin >> > and asked about a couple things that I don't know of: >> >> > Is there a way to hook into the event that sets the value of the >> > textbox? >> > Basically what I need to do is override the method that sets the >> > textbox value with one of our own that calls our copy/paste setValue >> > method so the autocomplete plays nicely with copy/paste. >> >> > Also, is there a way to detect the bottom of the screen and reposition >> > the list above the textbox? >> >> > Finally ;-) is it possible to have a single, list container called by >> > multiple textboxes? I notice that autocomplete appears to create a new >> > list for each instance. We have multiple autocompletes on the same >> > page that all pull the exact same data. It would be sweet to have a >> > div set up for that purpose on pageload and reuse it, like we do with >> > many of our modal dialogs. >> >> > Thanks as always >
