The JavaScript Source: Forms : Auto Complete Textfield

General

As the user enters information into a textfield, this script will provide suggestions based on the list in the array.

Notes

Created by: Timothy Groves
Web Site: http://www.brandspankingnew.net/
Posted: April 21, 2006

Source Code

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External file

Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: autoCompleteTextfield.js

/* This script and many more are available free online at
The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com
Created by: Timothy Groves | http://www.brandspankingnew.net/ */
countries = new Array(
  "Afghanistan",
  "Albania",
  "Algeria",
  "Andorra",
  "Angola",
  "Antigua and Barbuda",
  "Argentina",
  "Armenia",
  "Australia",
  "Austria",
  "Azerbaijan",
  "Bahamas",
  "Bahrain",
  "Bangladesh",
  "Barbados",
  "Belarus",
  "Belgium",
  "Belize",
  "Benin",
  "Bhutan",
  "Bolivia",
  "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
  "Botswana",
  "Brazil",
  "Brunei",
  "Bulgaria",
  "Burkina Faso",
  "Burundi",
  "Cambodia",
  "Cameroon",
  "Canada",
  "Cape Verde",
  "Central African Republic",
  "Chad",
  "Chile",
  "China",
  "Colombia",
  "Comoros",
  "Congo (Brazzaville)",
  "Congo, Democratic Republic of the",
  "Costa Rica",
  "Côte d'Ivoire",
  "Croatia",
  "Cuba",
  "Cyprus",
  "Czech Republic",
  "Denmark",
  "Djibouti",
  "Dominica",
  "Dominican Republic",
  "East Timor",
  "Ecuador",
  "Egypt",
  "El Salvador",
  "Equatorial Guinea",
  "Eritrea",
  "Estonia",
  "Ethiopia",
  "Fiji",
  "Finland",
  "France",
  "Gabon",
  "Gambia, The",
  "Georgia",
  "Germany",
  "Ghana",
  "Greece",
  "Grenada",
  "Guatemala",
  "Guinea",
  "Guinea-Bissau",
  "Guyana",
  "Haiti",
  "Honduras",
  "Hungary",
  "Iceland",
  "India",
  "Indonesia",
  "Iran",
  "Iraq",
  "Ireland",
  "Israel",
  "Italy",
  "Jamaica",
  "Japan",
  "Jordan",
  "Kazakhstan",
  "Kenya",
  "Kiribati",
  "Korea, North",
  "Korea, South",
  "Kuwait",
  "Kyrgyzstan",
  "Laos",
  "Latvia",
  "Lebanon",
  "Lesotho",
  "Liberia",
  "Libya",
  "Liechtenstein",
  "Lithuania",
  "Luxembourg",
  "Macedonia",
  "Madagascar",
  "Malawi",
  "Malaysia",
  "Maldives",
  "Mali",
  "Malta",
  "Marshall Islands",
  "Mauritania",
  "Mauritius",
  "Mexico",
  "Micronesia",
  "Moldova",
  "Monaco",
  "Mongolia",
  "Morocco",
  "Mozambique",
  "Myanmar",
  "Namibia",
  "Nauru",
  "Nepal",
  "Netherlands",
  "New Zealand",
  "Nicaragua",
  "Niger",
  "Nigeria",
  "Norway",
  "Oman",
  "Pakistan",
  "Palau",
  "Panama",
  "Papua New Guinea",
  "Paraguay",
  "Peru",
  "Philippines",
  "Poland",
  "Portugal",
  "Qatar",
  "Romania",
  "Russia",
  "Rwanda",
  "Saint Kitts and Nevis",
  "Saint Lucia",
  "Saint Vincent and The Grenadines",
  "Samoa",
  "San Marino",
  "Sao Tome and Principe",
  "Saudi Arabia",
  "Senegal",
  "Serbia and Montenegro",
  "Seychelles",
  "Sierra Leone",
  "Singapore",
  "Slovakia",
  "Slovenia",
  "Solomon Islands",
  "Somalia",
  "South Africa",
  "Spain",
  "Sri Lanka",
  "Sudan",
  "Suriname",
  "Swaziland",
  "Sweden",
  "Switzerland",
  "Syria",
  "Taiwan",
  "Tajikistan",
  "Tanzania",
  "Thailand",
  "Togo",
  "Tonga",
  "Trinidad and Tobago",
  "Tunisia",
  "Turkey",
  "Turkmenistan",
  "Tuvalu",
  "Uganda",
  "Ukraine",
  "United Arab Emirates",
  "United Kingdom",
  "United States",
  "Uruguay",
  "Uzbekistan",
  "Vanuatu",
  "Vatican City",
  "Venezuela",
  "Vietnam",
  "Western Sahara",
  "Yemen",
  "Zambia",
  "Zimbabwe"
);

var sug = "";
var sug_disp = "";

function getCountry() {
  var input = document.forms['address_frm'].country.value;
  var len = input.length;
  sug_disp = ""; sug = "";

  if (input.length) {
    // get matching country from array
    for (ele in countries)
    {
      if (countries[ele].substr(0,len).toLowerCase() == input.toLowerCase())
      {
        sug_disp = input + countries[ele].substr(len);
        sug = countries[ele];
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  document.forms['address_frm'].sug_country.value = sug_disp;
  if (!sug.length || input == sug_disp)
    document.getElementById('sug_btn').style.display = "none";
  else
    document.getElementById('sug_btn').style.display = "block";
}

function setCountry() {
  document.forms['address_frm'].country.value = sug;
  hideSug();
}

function hideSug() {
  document.forms['address_frm'].sug_country.value = "";
  document.getElementById('sug_btn').style.display = "none";
}

Head

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<script type="text/javascript" src="autoCompleteTextfield.js"></script>

Body

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<div style="width: 202px; margin: 100px auto 0 auto;">
<form name="address_frm">
  <div>Search for a destination:</a>
  <div style="position: relative; margin: 5px 0 5px 0; height: 30px;">
  <div style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 200px; z-index: 1;">
    <input type="text" name="sug_country" style="background-color: #fff; border: 1px solid #999; width: 200px; padding: 2px" disabled />
  </div>
  <div style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 200px; z-index: 2;">
    <input autocomplete="off" type="text" name="country" style="background: none; color:#39f; border: 1px solid #999; width: 200px; padding: 2px" onfocus="getCountry()" onkeyup="getCountry()" />
  </div>
    <div id="sug_btn" style="position: absolute; top: 5px; right: 5px; z-index: 3; display: none;">
        <a href="#" onclick="setCountry()"><img src="img/mi_arr2_left.gif" width="10" height="10" border="0" align="textbottom"></a>
      </div>
  </div>
</form>
</div>
</div>

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