Re: [libdb-develop] UI Question: Dropdown of Persons, Manual Entry, or Both?

[Morbus I. <mo...@di...>]

> I'd like both options I think.  I was just looking at an early version 
> of a UI that did this.  It had a list of existing names where you could 
> highlight one or more, and then click a "-->" button to add them.  If 
> they weren't on the list, there was a field to add them as text.
> 
> At least worth thinking about.  I think this is one of the more 
> difficult aspects of designing these GUIs.

One possibility that I've been thinking about a lot has been Javascript 
based. A demo will best describe this (see below), but:

  * it's a text box.
  * you type "S", and it'll show a list of all S's.
  * you type "t", and it'll show a list of all Steven's (for example).
  * you can choose one, or continue typing to add a new entry.
  * See http://farm.tucows.com/2004/08/auto-complete%20demo.html

There are a few problems, naturally:

  * dropdown selection is only with the arrow keys.
  * if javascript is turned off, you're outta luck.

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