Thanks so much Raghu for such a quick reply. Actually I am using a list and not a textbox and I do not want a suggest list but just want to narrow down on the content of a populated drop down list.
I'll explain... if I have a standard drop down list for country names and the list includes ..., "Iceland", "India", ..., "Namibia"... Now, if you press "I" at the drop down list you'll be taken to the first element that starts with "I", which is Iceland. But, if you press "In", you'll not be taken to the first element that starts with "In", which is India, but to the first element that starts with "N", which is Namibia. This is the standard way a drop down list will. The feature that I want is like recursive sort or narrowing down on the elements of the list. (If you want to try what I am talking about, just try creating an account/user on any website and in the country drop down list try choosing India. You may try hotmail. ) Thanks for your suggestion. Regards, Shivani -----Original Message----- From: Raghu Kanchustambham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 January, 2006 4:54 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Narrow down on an element in a select list with every key press Shivani, You may want to take a look at the suggest tag provided by Struts-layout taglibrary. http://struts.application-servers.com/suggest/index.html I have personally used this tag and it is quite easy to get it working. The best thing is that you do not need to write a single line of Javascript. Everything is encapsulated into this Tag. The example listed is very close to what you want. When you write your "callback" Class (in the above example - CountrySuggestAction) you can decide the "list" that "qualifies" with your keypress. Also I strongly recommend this set of tags to anyone who wants to have some "rich" functionality and do not want to move to JSF. The tabs functionality, interdependent combos, treeviews, sorting, paging etc are very useful and easy to use. Besides as I understand from their site this is mature for more than 5 years. I have been using their tags and they ROCK ! :-) HTH, Raghu On 1/30/06, Shivani Sawhney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > Is it possible, through Struts or JavaScript, to narrow down on an > element in a select list with every key press? > > I have a sorted select list for country names. If I have entries for > "Iceland" and "India" in the pick list, then pressing "I" would take me > to "Iceland" but pressing "In" will take me to element starting with "N" > and not to "India". Is there any way that I can narrow down on an > element in a select list with every key press? > > This functionality can well be achieved in applications but can this be > achieved in web based solutions. I don't mind using JavaScript too. > > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Shivani > > ****************************************************************** > > NetEdge Computing Global Services Private Limited. > > A-14, Sector-7, NOIDA U.P. 201-301 > > Tel # 91-120-2423281, 2423282 > > Fax # 91-120-2423279 > > URL http//www.netedgecomputing.com > > ****************************************************************** > > This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If > you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the > addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose or take any action based on > this message or any information herein. If you have received this > message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail > and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
