michaellunsford Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 So, I have a list coming from an ajax http call. I want to add a filter option, where you start typing and it automatically removes non-matching items. Imagine the friend chat feature on facebook where you start typing in a friends name to narrow the list - same theory. I'm thinking doing an ajax call with the criteria at every keystroke is going to be awfully slow and intense. Am I just being silly or is there a better way to do it than sending a new http request with every keystroke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustLikeIcarus Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Sounds kind of like an Autocomplete feature to me. Of which there are a lot of tutorials out there. I would take a look at one of the tutorials and see how they go about this. Take a look here http://fromvega.com/wordpress/2007/05/08/auto-complete-field-with-jquery-code-explained/ It sould point you in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellunsford Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Thanks, I'll check it out. Marking as solved since this should do the trick (just take a little time to figure out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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