Anyone could guide on suggestive search box?
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:00 pm
I am not sure about the official name for it but its very cool, and i would like to learn if someone has some guide for me to follow.
The one that i am looking at is what Google did with their Google Suggest. http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
How do they do it when you type in words, it matches what there are in their database and show you suggestion.
I know basically when you write your Javascript, it compiles the possible word list and then show it to you when you type in matching alphabet. Much like how PHP has done it for their Function List recently, but their method require them to recompile the list every time they added something new.
So is Google Suggest just a huge pre-compiled list or are they doing it Dynamically? If it is being done Dynamically, i am very interested in learning how to do it.
Someone have any guide on this?
Thank you in advance..
Regards
Mian
The one that i am looking at is what Google did with their Google Suggest. http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
How do they do it when you type in words, it matches what there are in their database and show you suggestion.
I know basically when you write your Javascript, it compiles the possible word list and then show it to you when you type in matching alphabet. Much like how PHP has done it for their Function List recently, but their method require them to recompile the list every time they added something new.
So is Google Suggest just a huge pre-compiled list or are they doing it Dynamically? If it is being done Dynamically, i am very interested in learning how to do it.
Someone have any guide on this?
Thank you in advance..
Regards
Mian