Oh, right. In that case you can put the email address in <span
class='informal'>, so it will appear in the list but not the input
field.
Then you'll need to provide an afterUpdateElement callback to extract
it from the <li> and put it in your hidden field.
Colin
On Oct 31, 12:57 am, Sridhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Colin,
> Really appreciate your input.
>
> Sorry, I should've been more crisper with my requirement. Let me try to do
> that:
>
> When the user types in 'a', I still like the display of the drop down list
> with contact name and email address one below the other. When I select a
> contact from the list, I still need the contact name Ada Noel to be
> displayed in the text field to the user. At the same time, I also need the
> email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be set in a hidden text field inside
> the same form.
>
> Hope I got it clear this time around.
>
> Thanks
> Sridhar
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:52 AM, ColinFine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > [I hate top-posting, but that seems to the the norm here]
>
> > Use 'informal' [1]
>
> > Make your ajax call return
> > <li><span class='informal'>Ada Noel</span><span
> > class='hide'>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</span</li>
> > etc.
>
> > Then have a CSS rule
> > span.hide {display:none}
>
> > The CSS will ensure that only the name is displayed to the user, but
> > the Ajax.Autocomplete takes only the text which is NOT in a span with
> > class 'informal', and so will take only the email address.
>
> > Colin
>
> > [1]:http://github.com/madrobby/scriptaculous/wikis/ajax-autocompleter,
> > section 'Server return'
>
> > On Oct 30, 6:41 am, srid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hello
>
> > > In the To field when you type the letter 'a', the first item in the
> > > drop down list is the Ada Noel, how do I capture the e-mail address,
> > > basically I want to set a hidden field in the form with the email
> > > address selected.
>
> > > thanks in advance
> > > Sridhar
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