Better Autocomplete Control

[brant]

The YUI AutoComplete control has way to many limitations. I'd like to request a much better version more like the Dojo ComboBox but with pagination. Fix it's overlay limitations, such as when it is in a BasicDialog or in a BorderLayout region where the suggestion box gets cropped. The ability to have a DropDrow icon or not. Thanks for all your work!

Thanks

[jack.slocum]

This a good suggestion (even if just extending the YUI one for starters) and I have added it to the .34 list.
Jack

[sjivan]

One of the best auto complete / combobox widgets I've seen is this one : http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet/controls/combobox/overview.aspx

Would be nice to incorporate its features or take ideas from it (See the Features tab and also the online demos).

It has a whole bunch of nice features like multi column, fixed header, comma separated multi select, load on demand, and customizable drop-down views.

Sanjiv

[jack.slocum]

It looks good. They just made it a container that you can stick anything into. That's a good idea. The funny one is the calendar, it refreshes the whole page to go to the next/prev month. :lol:

[psyberdyne]

Here's a hacked up starting point if you need one... the one problem I've noticed so far with it is the autocompleter grabs the up, right, and down arrow keys so they no longer navigate the grid:

http://www.yui-ext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=843

[jack.slocum]

Thanks for sharing psyberdyne. Will you post it in the extras forum as well? I'm sure others would love to see it. :)

[psyberdyne]

Done...

[lstroud]

I think that the guys over at nitobi (http://www.nitobi.com/products/combobox/demos) have done a great job with this. Would love to see a jacked-up version integrated in the ext framework so that I don't have to try to use multiple libraries.

[JeffHowden]

The funny one is the calendar, it refreshes the whole page to go to the next/prev month. :lol:

Haha! Notice the page load to choose the date from the calendar too? :D