Hmm. yeah the keys do work in firefox. Unfortunately not in Safari, I'll have a look at that a bit later...
Colin On 3/25/07, James Kebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the arrow keys do work (up and down to pick a choice once there are > suggestions) - at least in firefox. What are you using? > I find the partial text not drawing the field annoying too, and more so the > case where you delete all the text in the field and the suggestions don't > appear until you click somewhere else and back again. > > > On 3/24/07, Colin Canfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0412 197 943 _______________________________________________ Tracks-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss
