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	<title>Comments on: Improved ComboBox Demo</title>
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		<title>By: barneyb</title>
		<link>https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/05/17/improved-combobox-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-184370</link>
		<dc:creator>barneyb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David,

Yeah, there&#039;s a bug of some sort in the click handling.  I haven&#039;t been able to narrow it down, though I&#039;ll admit I haven&#039;t tried particularly hard because pretty much everywhere I use it are keyboard-centric UIs (so up/down arrows, esc, enter instead of a mouse).  These days, most of the places I need autocomplete I now use a hacked up version of the jQuery UI control, so I&#039;m probably not going to being investing any significant effort into the ComboBox unless it becomes an issue with one of those apps that already use it.

The event handling stuff is pretty simple; that&#039;s where the problem is, not in the internal functionality that actually does dropdown/input stuff.  My gut tells me that it probably has something to do with child elements within the dropdown items and the event bubbling stuff that JavaScript does, but it&#039;s been years since I&#039;ve looked at it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David,</p>
<p>Yeah, there's a bug of some sort in the click handling.  I haven't been able to narrow it down, though I'll admit I haven't tried particularly hard because pretty much everywhere I use it are keyboard-centric UIs (so up/down arrows, esc, enter instead of a mouse).  These days, most of the places I need autocomplete I now use a hacked up version of the jQuery UI control, so I'm probably not going to being investing any significant effort into the ComboBox unless it becomes an issue with one of those apps that already use it.</p>
<p>The event handling stuff is pretty simple; that's where the problem is, not in the internal functionality that actually does dropdown/input stuff.  My gut tells me that it probably has something to do with child elements within the dropdown items and the event bubbling stuff that JavaScript does, but it's been years since I've looked at it.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
		<link>https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/05/17/improved-combobox-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-184359</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi. I was wondering if you&#039;ve noticed the bug where if you use the mouse pointer to select the item from the list, the item only populates the input text box 50% of the time.  The other 50% of the time, nothing happens.  You have to keep trying it over and over to get it to break.  So basically, the onclick portion seems buggy.  I&#039;m not sure how to fix it.  I know this script is old, but it is still very useful.  Any help you could offer would be appreciated.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi. I was wondering if you've noticed the bug where if you use the mouse pointer to select the item from the list, the item only populates the input text box 50% of the time.  The other 50% of the time, nothing happens.  You have to keep trying it over and over to get it to break.  So basically, the onclick portion seems buggy.  I'm not sure how to fix it.  I know this script is old, but it is still very useful.  Any help you could offer would be appreciated.</p>
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		<title>By: barneyb</title>
		<link>https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/05/17/improved-combobox-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-16085</link>
		<dc:creator>barneyb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 05:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Matthew; looks slick.  Wasn&#039;t around in 2005 when I needed one though.  ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Matthew; looks slick.  Wasn't around in 2005 when I needed one though.  ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Matthew Lesko</title>
		<link>https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/05/17/improved-combobox-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-16063</link>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lesko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 01:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For DHTML combo boxes, or anything DHTML/AJAX related, I recommend looking at Ext (http://extjs.com/). Ext provides a unified API atop either Prototype/Scriptaculous, YUI or jQuery. The combo box demo is here http://www.extjs.com/deploy/ext/examples/form/combos.html

The API is well organized and documented. The site provides numerous examples and an active forum. I&#039;m not necessarily a true believer; but, what&#039;s there I have found more accessible than any other OSS solution I&#039;ve come across.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For DHTML combo boxes, or anything DHTML/AJAX related, I recommend looking at Ext (<a href="http://extjs.com/" rel="nofollow">http://extjs.com/</a>). Ext provides a unified API atop either Prototype/Scriptaculous, YUI or jQuery. The combo box demo is here <a href="http://www.extjs.com/deploy/ext/examples/form/combos.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.extjs.com/deploy/ext/examples/form/combos.html</a></p>
<p>The API is well organized and documented. The site provides numerous examples and an active forum. I'm not necessarily a true believer; but, what's there I have found more accessible than any other OSS solution I've come across.</p>
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		<title>By: Koen</title>
		<link>https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/05/17/improved-combobox-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-15774</link>
		<dc:creator>Koen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 21:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Much better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Much better.</p>
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