Hi Aaron

I found a solution. It can be fixed by changing the way the container tags were 
nested in AjaxAutocomplete. I have created a pull request with the fix. I would 
appreciate if you could test it. 

https://github.com/wocommunity/wonder/pull/906 
<https://github.com/wocommunity/wonder/pull/906>

Regards

Tim Cummings


> On 26 Feb 2019, at 00:26, Aaron Rosenzweig <aa...@chatnbike.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tim and WOFriends,
> 
> Thanks for the update - that could be what we were experiencing. Our page was 
> rather long… it might have showed the auto-completer way down out of view - I 
> don’t know - but that is what you appear to be suggesting and very well could 
> be it. 
> 
> For us, the “solution” was to make a fork of current wonder and replace the 
> version of prototype with the blessed one for the version of Scriptaculous in 
> Wonder. I believe that was Prototype v1.7.0 (going from memory, not verifying 
> right now). It’s whatever version that originally shipped with Scriptaculous 
> and there is not a newer version of Scriptaculous to upgrade too - that 
> project appears dead. 
> 
> So it’s not ideal - next time we update Wonder we’ll have to replace 
> prototype - or build something different. Anyway - I stuck my finger in the 
> dike and moved on. 
> AARON ROSENZWEIG / Chat 'n Bike <http://www.chatnbike.com/>
> e:  aa...@chatnbike.com <mailto:aa...@chatnbike.com>  t:  (301) 956-2319
>       
> 
>> On Feb 25, 2019, at 12:54 AM, D Tim Cummings <t...@triptera.com.au 
>> <mailto:t...@triptera.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Aaron
>> 
>> I have just updated to the latest Wonder and found that the Ajax 
>> Autocomplete is working but the location of the drop-down menu is located 
>> much further down the screen rather than next to the textfield where the 
>> user is typing. I need to fix it also so I am keen to hear if you come 
>> across a solution. 
>> 
>> For example running the old Wonder and the new Wonder on the same data, the 
>> div where the suggestions are have different values of 'top'. Sometimes the 
>> differences are big and sometimes small so I think it is related to other 
>> html on the same page. This is why it looks like it is working on simple 
>> examples.
>> 
>> OLD GENERATED HTML
>> 
>> <div id="ZContainere_0_0_11_11_1_97_3_3_0_3_21_div" style="position: 
>> absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; z-index: 1000;"> 
>>   <div class="auto_complete" id="e_0_0_11_11_1_97_3_3_0_3_21_div" 
>> style="position: absolute; left: 670px; top: 855px; width: 144px; ">
>>     <ul>
>>       <li class="">FMFRANK</li>
>> 
>> 
>> NEW GENERATED HTML
>> 
>> <div id="ZContainere_0_0_11_11_1_97_3_3_0_3_21_div" style="position: 
>> absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; z-index: 1000;">
>>   <div class="auto_complete" id="e_0_0_11_11_1_97_3_3_0_3_21_div" 
>> style="position: absolute; left: 670px; top: 1197px; width: 138px; ">
>>     <ul>
>>       <li class="">FMFRANK</li>
>> 
>> 
>> In this example, 855px correctly places the drop-down menu while 1197px 
>> places the drop-down menu off the screen.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Tim Cummings
>> 
>> 
>>> On 14 Feb 2019, at 06:03, Aaron Rosenzweig <aa...@chatnbike.com 
>>> <mailto:aa...@chatnbike.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes it is a bit of a mystery.
>>> 
>>> Without any errors in the JS console of the web browser and no errors in 
>>> the java console either… it is silently not working.
>>> 
>>> When I say “not working” mean the suggestions in the drop-down menu do not 
>>> display. There is no menu - it seems like there is no autocomplete at all. 
>>> No border, no remnant, nothing. 
>>> 
>>> Thank you Samuel for taking time to make a simpler example and finding that 
>>> it still worked. I cannot explain it. There must be something else subtle 
>>> that is not clear. Maybe it *is* working but is somehow not visible with 
>>> z-index and whatnot… no idea really just spouting BS now. 
>>> AARON ROSENZWEIG / Chat 'n Bike <http://www.chatnbike.com/>
>>> e:  aa...@chatnbike.com <mailto:aa...@chatnbike.com>  t:  (301) 956-2319
>>>     
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 13, 2019, at 2:41 PM, Samuel Pelletier <sam...@samkar.com 
>>>> <mailto:sam...@samkar.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Aaron,
>>>> 
>>>> I notice that you did not use the item and display string, i.e. use only a 
>>>> text form of auto complete. I tried to simplify one use and it still works.
>>>> 
>>>> Did the value got set when user is typing and the suggestion getter called 
>>>> ?
>>>> 
>>>> You may have another problem in the page that block the javascript 
>>>> execution during the initialization...
>>>> 
>>>> Another thing that may differ is the usage (or non usage) of javascript 
>>>> files .min versions, I use the full versions even on production.
>>>> 
>>>> Samuel
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Le 13 févr. 2019 à 14:01, Aaron Rosenzweig <aa...@chatnbike.com 
>>>>> <mailto:aa...@chatnbike.com>> a écrit :
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi, actual neither of us are using “local” I didn’t remember the default 
>>>>> and assumed it was true. Appears the default is false, I was just 
>>>>> explicitly setting it. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> So I don’t know why it works for you but not for us with Prototype 1.7.3
>>>>> 
>>>>> AARON ROSENZWEIG / Chat 'n Bike <http://www.chatnbike.com/>
>>>>> e:  aa...@chatnbike.com <mailto:aa...@chatnbike.com>  t:  (301) 956-2319
>>>>>   
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 13, 2019, at 2:00 PM, Aaron Rosenzweig <aa...@chatnbike.com 
>>>>>> <mailto:aa...@chatnbike.com>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Everyone especially Samuel!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This is what our code looks like:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <wo:AjaxAutoComplete value = "$typedValueByUser" list = "$suggestions" 
>>>>>> isLocal = "$false" afterUpdateElement = "$afterUpdateElementAction" 
>>>>>> frequency = "0.2" />
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <wo:AjaxSubmitButton functionName = 
>>>>>> "$submitUserSelectedValueCustomFunction" updateContainerID = 
>>>>>> "$checkMarkContainerID" action = "$userSelectedFreeFormAddressText" />  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Note: the "afterUpdateElementAction" is javascript that clicks the 
>>>>>> submit button.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One difference, besides linguistic preference, is that yours is local 
>>>>>> but ours is not. We hand off to a service to scrub what is partially 
>>>>>> typed and then come back with suggestions. Note the “isLocal = false”
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have not tried the AjaxExample project. Literally our apps stopped 
>>>>>> working, people started screaming that the sky is falling, and to put 
>>>>>> out the fire I replaced the version of Prototype. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> AARON ROSENZWEIG / Chat 'n Bike <http://www.chatnbike.com/>
>>>>>> e:  aa...@chatnbike.com <mailto:aa...@chatnbike.com>  t:  (301) 956-2319
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 13, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Samuel Pelletier <sam...@samkar.com 
>>>>>>> <mailto:sam...@samkar.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have the latest wonder and my AjaxAutoCompletes are working as 
>>>>>>> expected.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Have you tried the AjaxExample project ?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Maybe we have a different usage. I use it like this:
>>>>>>>         <wo:AjaxAutoComplete list = "$enseignants" item = "$enseignant" 
>>>>>>> displayString = "$enseignant.contact.nomComplet" value = 
>>>>>>> "$textToFindEnseignant" selection = "$selectedEnseignant" 
>>>>>>> style="display: inline-block; margin-bottom:0; width:120px;" 
>>>>>>> afterUpdateElement = "function(){ajouteEnseignant();}"/>
>>>>>>>         <wo:AjaxSubmitButton functionName = "ajouteEnseignant" 
>>>>>>> updateContainerID = "blocPeriodeEditor" action = "$ajouterEnseignant" 
>>>>>>> class="tiny button" style="margin-bottom:0;"/>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Samuel
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Le 12 févr. 2019 à 16:26, Aaron Rosenzweig <aa...@chatnbike.com 
>>>>>>>> <mailto:aa...@chatnbike.com>> a écrit :
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> We discovered after recently updating Wonder… that Prototype 1.7.3 is 
>>>>>>>> not compatible with Scriptaculous 1.9 (what is in Wonder).
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> At least, it is not compatible with the autocomplete functionality at 
>>>>>>>> a minimum. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> For the moment we have made a local branch of Wonder and employed 
>>>>>>>> Prototype 1.7.0 as that is the last blessed version for Scriptaculous. 
>>>>>>>> It’s possible that 1.7.2 might be ok, have not tried, but 1.7.3 does 
>>>>>>>> not work. 
>>>>>>>> AARON ROSENZWEIG / Chat 'n Bike <http://www.chatnbike.com/>
>>>>>>>> e:  aa...@chatnbike.com <mailto:aa...@chatnbike.com>  t:  (301) 
>>>>>>>> 956-2319
>>>>>>>>        
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Jan 21, 2019, at 5:18 AM, Michael Schmiedgen <schmied...@takwa.de 
>>>>>>>>> <mailto:schmied...@takwa.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> We are using 1.7.3 for years with no known problems.
>>>>>>>>>> Where is a pull request? :-)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Here:
>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/wocommunity/wonder/pull/893 
>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/wocommunity/wonder/pull/893>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> :)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>>>> 
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