There's the autocomplete widget: http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07#Autocomplete-Widget -- though, unfortunately it appears not to work in IE. It won't make suggestions but will display items from the db that match what you type. Anthony
On Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:36:39 PM UTC-4, Dwayne wrote: > Dear all, > > When I type an email address on hotmail or gmail, the email address is > recognized if it exists and also hotmail and gmail make some > suggestions. > The same system exists for tags on Stackoverflow. Suggestions are made > and existing tags are recognized. > > Does a similar system exist in web2py ? I would like to apply it to > names (first and last names together). > > Thanks a lot, > Dwayne