Good Javascript Combo Box replacement for combo boxes with tons of elements?

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Epaga picture Epaga · Nov 4, 2008 · Viewed 13.2k times · Source

I have a page where my combo box has hundreds of elements which makes it very hard to pick the one item I want. Is there a good Javascript replacement that would do better than

<select id="field-component" name="field_component"> 
                  <option selected="selected">1</option><option>2</option>...
</select>

Is there something with "Intellisense"-like auto-complete?

Answer

Kornel picture Kornel · Nov 4, 2008

In HTML 5 there's standard combo box.

Currently only Opera supports it, but if you happen to be time traveller or writing Opera-only application, it's a nice solution :)

<input type=text list=listid>
<datalist id=listid>
  <select><option>1<option>2</select>
</datalist>

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