Thanks Jörn, I'll pass this info on...
We tend to run into performance issues with this because we might typically get over 20 autocompletes on the same page, and they're pulling from a list of about a thousand items. A lot is happening on the page (in the background) so we look for ways to optimize whenever possible. On May 19, 11:03 am, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > None of that is trivial out-of-the-box. The last point sounds like an > optimization that isn't really necessary unless you experienced an > actual performance hit. > > The second one isn't too hard to implement: Take a look at the source, > around this > line:http://dev.jquery.com/browser/trunk/plugins/autocomplete/jquery.autoc... > Thats where the list is created and where you'd need to check its > height and page position, and set a custom position relative to the > input. > > I'm not sure about the first one. The autocomplete reacts to the > keydown event > (http://dev.jquery.com/browser/trunk/plugins/autocomplete/jquery.autoc...), > so if you need to override it: Bind a keypress event before the > autocomplete and prevent bubbling in case of a paste event - maybe > that isn't even necessary, as long as you change the content of the > field before the autocomplete-event-handler sees it. > > Regards > Jörn > > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:33 AM, rolfsf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One of our developers was working with the jquery Autocomplete plugin > > and asked about a couple things that I don't know of: > > > Is there a way to hook into the event that sets the value of the > > textbox? > > Basically what I need to do is override the method that sets the > > textbox value with one of our own that calls our copy/paste setValue > > method so the autocomplete plays nicely with copy/paste. > > > Also, is there a way to detect the bottom of the screen and reposition > > the list above the textbox? > > > Finally ;-) is it possible to have a single, list container called by > > multiple textboxes? I notice that autocomplete appears to create a new > > list for each instance. We have multiple autocompletes on the same > > page that all pull the exact same data. It would be sweet to have a > > div set up for that purpose on pageload and reuse it, like we do with > > many of our modal dialogs. > > > Thanks as always
