Article:		Cooking with JavaScript & DHTML
Subject:		Select Type-Ahead
Date:		2004-04-08 15:33:13
From:		vhb
Great piece of code, I've been looking for this kind of functionality for some time. I notice that if the dropdown is open then the typed slection does stick if you Tab off the control. Is there anyway to fix that? Thanks.

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• Select Type-Ahead
  2004-04-08 15:36:32  vhb [View]
  
  
  Correction, the typed selection DOES NOT stick if the dropdown is open and you Tab off the control.
• Select Type-Ahead
  2004-04-19 23:10:01  Danny Goodman | [View]
  
  
  You need to add one line of code that short-circuits the Tab character. After the line in the typeAhead() function that reads var charCode = evt.keyCode;, add the following line:
  
  if (charCode == 9) { return true; }
  
  That appears to do the trick.