Autocomplete with dropdown=true - regression in 3.3-SNAPSHOT

[mouvrard]

If you compare the behavior of autocomplete with dropdown=true between 3.2 release and 3.3-SNAPSHOT in the two showcases
- http://www.primefaces.org/showcase/ui/a ... eBasic.jsf
- http://www.primefaces.org/showcase-labs ... eBasic.jsf
you can see autocomplete does not work in 3.3-SNAPSHOT : Nothing is suggested when typing letters.

Test done with Chrome 18.

[cagatay.civici]

Not a regression;

http://code.google.com/p/primefaces/iss ... il?id=3884

So it suggests what you type at dropdown click.

[kukeltje]

It might not be a regression, but the behaviour is not intuitive. If I type something, click on the arrow and start typing again, I do not expect to have to click on the arrow again to get an updated list.

Besides that, If I type something, click on the arrow and then press enter, I have two visible lists...

Cheers

[Oleg]

I agree with Ronald. That's a little bit strange to have two cases, one with keyup and another with enter key. Not intuitive. I would appreciate if AutoComplete would work as Telerik's ComboBox http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/co ... ultcs.aspx

[cagatay.civici]

So should I revert back to old behavior where dropdown sends empty string signaling the user to load all available records?

[Oleg]

I can't decide, would be nice to hear what community say.

[cagatay.civici]

I agree.

[wundzun]

When you have a relatively small number of possible suggestions (let's say less than 100), it is useful to have a dropdown option that always shows them all, while still having the regular autocomplete functionality on keyup. I think that's a reasonable and common use case. If there is no way to do it in the current implementation, then I think yes, it should be reverted.

[bayer-dba]

Hi there,
here are my 2 cents:

* Empty field
** "123" is entered: invoke onComplete("123") -> Show list with results
** Dropdown is pressed: invoke onComplete("") -> Show list with results

* Field value "abc"
** "123" is entered: invoke onComplete("abc123") -> Show list with results
** Dropdown is pressed: invoke onComplete("abc") -> Show list with results

Regards,
Dennis

[Spirt]

It should be reverted or to be an option otherwise. And here is couple more autocomplete issues :
- It should be able to show me fixed number of suggestions without query string by pressing dropdown key(hotkey such as down arrow would be great) in a case if I forget what I am looking for.
- Dropdown button should not be focusable to make it easier to tab to next input on my form.
- Sometimes when I switch to another input autocompletes DropDown list remains on a page.
- I noticed the following : when autocomplete has a big result list(about 100 records) it opens only after the second click on a dropDown button.