You should look at this little how to i made .. it emualtes whats happening on google suggest
http://proto-scripty.wikidot.com/prototype:how-to-throttle-ajax-requests The php side of it is simple, if you need me to add it to the howto then please let me know Reagrds Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "shef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Prototype & script.aculo.us" <prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:13 PM Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Getting Autocompleter to work like google suggest > > I'm struggling to get the Autocompleter to work like Google Suggest. > Here's the behavior I want: > > - User types chars, sees suggestions > - If user hits enter, then only the chars he's typed get submitted > (that is, any suggestions are ignored) > - Suggestions are not highlighted until he selects one > - To select a suggestion, he hits the down or up arrow, or clicks a > suggestion with the mouse > - When a suggestion is selected, it replaces the text in the search > box. > > I think we can get all this with two small changes: leave the > highlight off by default, and give us a javascript callback that fires > whenever the current suggestion row changes. > > Anyone know if it's possible to do what I want without major surgery? > > I see there's been some discussion of this problem here, but no real > resolution: > > http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous/browse_thread/thread/2e059019b77413b8/af0604f83d6efaf1?lnk=gst&q=autocomplete#af0604f83d6efaf1 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
