I personally prefer option 2 - "Turn off autoselection". FYI, the selection can be made by using Tab too.
--- James Kebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > oops, I should have ended that with something like - "so please give it a > whirl and let me know what you think" :) > > On 3/24/07, James Kebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think it is useful to interactively explore the autocomplete behaviors, > > so I put together a page with the current autocomplete behavior, > > autocomplete with autoselect turned off (as this is what seems to annoy some > > folks), and a third option I hacked together with a kind of typeahead, so > > the Autocompleter autoselects the matching item, but the text in the input > > text box is selected, so it can be typed over easily. > > > > here's the url to try it at: > > http://test.kebinger.com/autocomplete/autocompletetest.html > > > > On 3/22/07, James Kebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The behavior of the example at scriptaculous is pretty nice - it doesn't > > > autofill and snap to the end of the text box as is the behavior in tracks, > > > rather it allows you to hit enter to use the suggestion, or you can just > > > keep typing. > > > http://demo.script.aculo.us/ajax/autocompleter_customized > > > > > > I'll look into the behavior of ours tonight or in the next couple of > > > days. > > > > > > On 3/22/07, James Kebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > I was thinking a good way to handle the ui experience could be the way > > > > IE used to do inline autocomplete - the suggested portion of the word is > > > > inserted selected, so that if one continues to type, the suggestion is > > > > typed > > > > over. It also offered selections on every keystroke, which I think we > > > > should > > > > do too (I agree the current behavior is a bit tricky) > > > > > > > > -james > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tracks-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss > ___________________________________________________________ Inbox full of unwanted email? Get leading protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ Tracks-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss
