Brian Dailey wrote:
You will want your web app to be able to handle unexpected values
anyway, right?
That is a case-by-case thing. In our applications a foreign key is
always presented as a drop-down when it is editable, and a drop-down
always means a foreign key.
In 99% of cases foreign keys are normal, meaning only values in the
parent table are allowed, and we would want the box to only accept
those. Sometimes we are more interested in what people type, in which
case we allow non-existent values and then auto-insert them into the
parent table when they are inserted into the child table.
The web-developer extension on Firefox allows you to "Make select
fields editable" so you can test your application with unruly values.
edward potter wrote:
ouch, the purist would probably cringe - allows the user to change a
drop down. on the other hand it is kinda of cool. it sounds like you
are looking for an ajax solution.
Things to google:
ajax drop down type ahead
:-) ed
On 12/19/06, Kenneth Downs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi folks, I'm wondering if anybody has seen a particular kind of
control
I need.
It's called many things, but "editable Select box" seems to be a common
term. One example that is close to what I want is here:
http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/scripts/form_widget_editable_select/form_widget_editable_select.html
The trouble I'm running into is that none of the example out there seem
to do quite what I want. If somebody has seen or used one that does
the
following, any links would be hugely appreciated:
1) Allows entry of a value not in the box (optionally turn this on
or off)
2) While user is typing, the drop-down list scrolls to the best
current
match
3) Hitting "enter" or "tab" or whatever with a partial entry picks the
best current match
Anybody seen this?
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