as a test... leave min_lenght=0 and in gluon.sqlhtml.py after attr['_onkeyup'] = "...."
add attr['_onfocues'] = attr['_onkeyup'] (occurs in two places) Does it do what you ask? On Nov 14, 1:56 pm, oneroler <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it possible to use the autocomplete widget on a select box where > when someone clicks into the text field the dropdown with all the > selections are available and then the user has the option to type and > have the possible selections reduced? I have tried using the > SQLFORM.widgets.autocomplete with min_length=0 and this kind of does > what I want except that you have to start typing something to get the > dropdown. I also tried the jquery autocomplete widget on > web2pyslices, but couldn't get the result I wanted. I thought I had > seen an answer to this in this group a while ago, but I haven't been > able to find it so apologies if this has already been answered. > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Sam

