Type Ahead HTML

[neetugopal]

Dear All,

I would like to implement type ahead feature in an HTML form so that user can type field values of the form before it is displayed. For example, on a sales order page there are part, quantity etc. fields. User clicks on a link to display the sales order form page, at this point user knows the value of part and quantity fields so he/she would want to start typing values of these fields even before form is displayed. I know that this may not be possible as form is not displayed but I also know there are GENIUS out there so you may prove me wrong.

Please help!!

[websmith99]

If your page contains a series of nested HTML tables, with one wrapper table enclosing them, then most rendering engines will not display anything until the entire file is parsed. This will cause a delay for the user, especially in the case of repetitive data entry.

By redesigning the page so that it is broken into several separate HTML tables (without an outer wrapper table), each section will appear on the screen once it's given table has been parsed. That way a user can type in a section that is displayed while other sections lower on the page haven't been rendered yet.