Wildcat! Auto Suggestion Select box - jQuery Plug-in (v1.01a beta)

Test Example of wcAutoSuggest jQuery Plugin

This is an test example of using a SELECT box as an auto-suggest box. The test data contains an old list of bad domains blocked by our mail system. Search for your domain: :-)

• Download Plugin (Still Beta)
• Download Test Data
• Download AJAX Wildcat! WCC Source

Special features

• 100% cross-browser list box scrolling support for large list.
• ESC key allows you to escape (hide) the suggestion box and also escape (clear) the input box. This allows user to try other initial strings without having to backspace.
• Auto selection when single item is found. This is where the ESC key comes in handle too if the single item is not the desire result.
• Cache ahead support where typing more characters will use the existing list box items to further reduce it. If the list is reduced to nothing, the AJAX call is made.

Todo List:

1. Add keyboard accelerator for select box
2. Look at backward caching, browser cache may allevate this.
3. Add auto logic to limit view within browser view port.
4. Add callback function for selection.
5. Add an AJAX loader image.
6. Clean up code.