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Restrict values of autocomplete

Hi,

I've a fr:autocomplete code that looks as shown below

<fr:autocomplete ref="instance('new')" dynamic-itemset="false" >
	<xforms:label>Enter a company name: </xforms:label>
	<xforms:itemset nodeset="instance('test')/company">
		<xforms:label ref="context()"/>
		<xforms:value ref="context()"/>
	</xforms:itemset>
</fr:autocomplete>

The test instance looks like this

<xforms:instance id="test">
	<results>
		<company>ABC</company>
                <company>DEF</company>
                <company>GHI</company>
                <company>GGG</company>
                <company>DKD</company>
        </result>
</xforms:instance>

Is there a way I can restrict the user not to enter anything more than these 5 values in the autocomplete field or the only way to do is to manually check the value entered against these 5 values on xforms-value-changed event.

Thanks
--SD

Alessandro Vernet

Re: Restrict values of autocomplete

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Hi SD,

What you are describing is the default behavior (at least in nightly
builds): if users type a value which isn't in the itemset, when the
field looses the focus, the value they typed will be blanked out, and
that value will never, at any point, end up in the instance.

Alex

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:14 AM, SD <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've a fr:autocomplete code that looks as shown below
>
>
>
> The test instance looks like this
>
>
>
> Is there a way I can restrict the user not to enter anything more than these
> 5 values in the autocomplete field or the only way to do is to manually
> check the value entered against these 5 values on xforms-value-changed
> event.
>
> Thanks
> --SD
>
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Re: Restrict values of autocomplete

Thanks Alex,

I'm observing some weird behavior, I see sometimes the textbox still holds the value (thought the instance is cleared). I've attached sample code test.xhtml. Please try this

Try typing zapd and observe that the instance is null while the textbox still holds the value "zapd".

Thanks
--SD