google-style autocompletion tutorial/example

Question

I have an app that would benefit from google-style autocompletion while filling in an entry field.

Any pointers on how this is implemented, or a package that I can drop in to assist?

Answer 1

I use jQuery and the Autocomplete plug-in for this. It allows the data to be either specified in an JavaScript array locally, or received via the network, if a suitable data provider is written.

Answer 2

Here is a decent tutorial using jQuery for the ajax http://nodstrum.com/2007/09/19/autocompleter/