Professional jQuery based Combobox control?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the best thing I have seen is the jquery.combobox, but it doesn't really look like something I'd really want to use in my web applications. I think there are some usability issues with this control, but as a user I don't think I'd know to start typing for the dropdownlist to turn into a textbox.

I much prefer the Combo Dropdown Box, but it still has some features that I'd want and it's still in alpha. The only think I don't like about this other than its being alpha... is that once I type in the combobox, the original dropdownlist items disappear. However, maybe there is a setting for this... or maybe it could be added fairly easily.

Those are the only two options that I know of. Good luck in your search. I'd love to hear if you find one or if the second option works out for you.

Answer 2

For large datasets, how about JQuery UI Autocomplete, which is basically the "official" version of Jorn Zaeferrer's Autocomplete plugin?

I also wrote a straight JQuery combobox plugin that's gotten pretty good feedback from its users. It's explicitly not meant for large datasets though; I figure that if you want something that prunes the list based on what the user types, you're better off with Jorn's autocompletion plugin.

Answer 3

Here's one that looks very promising. It's a true combo - you see what you type. Has a cool feature I haven't seen elsewhere: paging results.

FlexBox

Answer 4

This is also promising:

JQuery Drop-Down Combo Box on simpletutorials.com

Answer 5

Why don't you try http://jqueryajax.codeplex.com/. It is a collection of ASP.NET controls that contains multicolumn drop down as well.

Answer 6

An official jQuery UI ComboBox/Autocomplete component is in the making... (previously in beta for jQuery UI 1.5.x), see jQuery UI Wiki

Answer 7

Another nice plugin is Sexy Combo

Answer 8

Activewidgets has a very nice looking one. No idea how well it performs on large datasets. http://www.activewidgets.com/ui.combo/

Answer 9

I had the same problem, so I ended up making my own.

It has a template system built in, so you can make the results look like anything you want. Works on all major browsers and accepts arrays & json objects. http://code.google.com/p/custom-combobox/

Answer 10

I found this other one: http://code.google.com/p/jquery-jec/

Also seems like a good option.

Answer 11

A new fork of the sexy-combo project is now out which looks promising: http://code.google.com/p/ufd/

Answer 12

Hi,

I'm looking for the same. The one I liked most till now is this one for ExtJs - except I havent tested it with large Lists: www.sencha.com/deploy/dev/examples/form/combos.html

Here is another really(!) fast one: http://jsearchdropdown.sourceforge.net/

For example the SexyCombo works quite fantastic but is way to slow for longer lists. The SexyCombo folk UFD is a lot faster, but initialization time is still quite slow for really huge lists. Besides I get sometimes some little! "flashing". But I guess there will be some updates in the near future.

Answer 13

Hi,

Here's a really cool one: http://www.xnodesystems.com/ The Dynamic List Field not only has the autocomplete capability, but also is able to do validation.