editable dropdown in jquery.

Question

i have a requirement where in the name of the patient will be searched by the doctor ..there may be multiple patients with same name also..so when he starts searching he must get a drop down of all the patients with matching names he has typed.and he must be able to select from it and he must be still able to type new new search and drop down must change ...how do i do this....i am talking of inline dropdown.

Answer 1

Take a look at jQuery UI autocomplete. In particular, this demo (Combobox) looks like what you are trying to do.