I prefer the autocomplete off as well. All three have a behaviour I find a bit difficult though, if you have text in the field that is one of the list options, when you click on the field the menu will not be drawn. It means if you accidently select the wrong option it is a two step process to fix, and hot to do it is not obvious.
As a dedicated non-mouse person, I wonder how hard it would be to add arrow keys. Are the events broadcast or are they captured by the field ? Colin On 3/25/07, 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 > > > > > > > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0412 197 943 _______________________________________________ Tracks-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss
