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I am developing an application where I need to Search a value from a drop down list by implementing a type ahead. I would wannt to implement a type-ahead similar to the type-ahead we use in the address bar of our IE or firefox browser. Do I need to use AJAX ? Please let me know.
Ajax will let you go back to the server to get more information. But I'm not sure that's going to help you. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "type ahead" within the context of drop-down select elements.
Well I need client side scripting. So i guess I wouldn't be using AJAX.
By type ahead I mean an implementation as we see in our MS outlook where we have to search for a contact. For eg. I have a drop down list in my drop down List (from <input type="dropdown"/> and if my list is 100 items long, I dont want to scroll down the entire list to find a name. I would prefer to type the name in the Drop down menu(similar to the way we type in our browser and get a auto-type ahead) and that would pull up the name from the list.
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If you have to hit the server to get the values then you need to use Ajax. Plenty of script out there, search the net or get my book.
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and if my list is 100 items long, I dont want to scroll down the entire list to find a name. I would prefer to type the name in the Drop down menu(similar to the way we type in our browser and get a auto-type ahead) and that would pull up the name from the list.
