combining the YUI date picker and autocomplete functionality

>
> Is there currently a way in Orbeon to have the date picker and the
> xxforms:autocomplete functionality all in the same text field? I  
> know that
> the date picker requires an <xf:input> field, but I was wondering if  
> there
> was a way around this.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>
>
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> Erik,
>
> Thanks a bunch for your quick reply! In Orbeon (I'm currently using
> 3.7.0beta1.200808260135), I'd like to be able to use the autocomplete
> functionality of select1 combo boxes like the following:
>
> <xf:select1 ref="." selection="open" appearance="xxforms:autocomplete"
> incremental="true">
>   <xf:item>
>      <xf:label>Label1</xf:label>
>      <xf:value>Value1</xf:value>
>   </xf:item>
>   <xf:item>
>   <xf:label>Label2</xf:label>
>   <xf:value>Value2</xf:value>
>   </xf:item>
> </xf:select1>
>
> while simultaneously displaying a YUI date picker either as part of  
> the
> combo box (which, of course, will look like a text field because of  
> the
> "xxforms:autocomplete" value of the 'appearance' attribute), or  
> right next
> to the combo box.
>
> In short, the user should be able to either click the YUI date  
> picker and
> have that value appear in the text field, or type in certain other  
> values in
> the same text field which will display the autocomplete drop-down  
> list.
>
> I figured having the date picker as part of the combo box was out of  
> the
> question since Orbeon only allows <xf:input> elements to provide the  
> YUI
> date picker, and not <xf:select1> elements. So I tried a workaround,
> associated with this post from yesterday:
>
> http://www.nabble.com/appearance%3D%22minimal%22-does-not-seem-to-work-for-xf%3Ainput-td23202502.html
>
> My idea was to have TWO separate input fields: one for the  
> autocomplete text
> field, and one for the date picker, but have the <xf:input> tag
> corresponding to the date picker contain a value of "minimal" for the
> 'appearance' attribute, and have both input fields reference the same
> nodeset.
>
> But it appears Orbeon does not support this attribute with  
> <xf:input>, and I
> read in the Orbeon Wiki that this is one of the things to be  
> supported in
> the future
> (http://wiki.orbeon.com/forms/projects/xforms-date-widget-without-input-field 
> ).
>
>
> Is there any other workaround I can use to provide this type of
> functionality?
>
>
> ---Philip
>
>
>
>
> Erik Bruchez wrote:
>>
>> I don't think this is possible at the moment. Can you describe your
>> use case?
>>
>> -Erik
>>
>> On Apr 24, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Philip.Cantin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there currently a way in Orbeon to have the date picker and the
>>> xxforms:autocomplete functionality all in the same text field? I
>>> know that
>>> the date picker requires an <xf:input> field, but I was wondering if
>>> there
>>> was a way around this.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>>>
>>>
>>> ---Philip
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