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Preselection of stored value in an input control of a form

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Preselection of stored value in an input control of a form

Sep 11th, 2005

I'd would like in a form with an input control, that the first autocomplete value is visible in the textbox instead of a blank field.

Is it possible in javascript ?

Thanks a lot

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Re: Preselection of stored value in an input control of a form

Sep 12th, 2005

'this what you need?

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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
function insertvalue()
{
document.formname.sometext.value = "default value";
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
 
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" onload="insertvalue()">
 
<FORM NAME="formname">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="sometext">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
function insertvalue()
{
document.formname.sometext.value = "default value";
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" onload="insertvalue()">

<FORM NAME="formname">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="sometext">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Re: Preselection of stored value in an input control of a form

Sep 12th, 2005

Thank for you replly but ...
No no,
I'd like to put in the box the first value available with autocomplete.
You know, when you click on a box if your autocomplete is turned on, the browser propose you the stored values in a list.
Thanks

As I search for it I only found a solution in VB with sendkeys function.
But I'd prefer in Java, asp (don't think a server-side could do it), or html.

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Re: Preselection of stored value in an input control of a form

Sep 12th, 2005

The "autocomplete" is an often very annoying and disruptive "feature" of a particular browser or browser plug-in (like the Google Toolbar). As far as I know, a standardized autocomplete was never made part of the JavaScript DOM, so you can't do what you're trying to do.