Feature Request: type ahead view search/filter

[mth96a]

For Picklist mostley,

It would be really neat to have a search/filter box that works like the address picker in lotus notes, you type in "sea", and the view goes to the entries that start with "sea".

Would even be cooler if it suggested data from the column starting with that search

Sorta like the press key and search function that does not pickup the first key entry. :-?

[mth96a]

i used the viewsuggest, one question though can you do one based on a single category?

[jratcliff]

For Picklist mostley,

It would be really neat to have a search/filter box that works like the address picker in lotus notes, you type in "sea", and the view goes to the entries that start with "sea".

Would even be cooler if it suggested data from the column starting with that search

Sorta like the press key and search function that does not pickup the first key entry. :-?

I agree. Rich currently has this code calling an agent where you pass in a view and a field. The plus to this is that you can specify a field that is not displayed in a view. But I agree that we need to add the ability to point to an existing view for this and support restricting to a category. I'll see what we can do. But again, great suggestion! =D>

[jratcliff]

i used the viewsuggest, one question though can you do one based on a single category?

Not at the moment. However, if you look at the code, we do provide a way for a developer to specify their own url to a different agent. This means you can take the "Suggest" agent in the Ext.nd database, copy it to your database and customize that code to suit your needs (like hardcoding a category reference or reading a category reference from the query string or request_content field).

HTH,
Jack