Dropdown list with autocomplete

Yii 1.1 Extensions
1

Hi!

I need a special dropdown widget or some advice on how to create it.

Here’s a background of a story.

I’m having like two Models. One has_many other. And this many is reeeealy many.

There’s no point in rendering regular dropdown list with 1000 or more options in it.

So I need a dropdown list that will allow me to type some text before it suggests me an options list.

But it should pass id in the end.

Like on facebook.

2

like this one?

http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/CJuiAutoComplete

3

i think that you need something as

http://www.yiiframework.com/extension/combobox/

hope it helps!

regards!

:)

4

That one its not a true dropdownlist, it only as a value field, and what i need is a pair id -> value/label where the id was passed to the database and the value is only to view purposes.

Anyone knows how to do that with a dropdown not a simple textfield.

5

May be try this

jsearchdropdown.sourceforge.net

6

I think the suggestion of Attilio is a good one and you can store id with it.

7

How do i define what will be stored as ID and how can i retrieve it??

Thanks in advance!

8

You can use select options




'city_id' => array(

                    'type'=>'zii.widgets.jui.CJuiAutoComplete',

                    'source'=>Yii::app()->createUrl('ajax/autocomplete'),

                    'options'=>array(

                        'select'=>'js:function(event, ui) {

                            $("#hidden_city_id").val(ui.item.id);

                            return true;

                        }',

                    ),                 

                ),

Don`t forget create hidden filed


<input id="hidden_city_id" name="Orders[city_id]" type="hidden" />