[Bug 12271] <input list=""> needs an event triggered on selection of suggestion

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12271

--- Comment #10 from Ben Bucksch <ben.bucksch@beonex.com> 2011-05-10 09:28:00 UTC ---
> What you're describing is an entirely new widget.

What I describe would be possible with this widget, if you just add that one
event. That's why I made this request.

> just adding an event for when you pick
> something from a list wouldn't be close to sufficient for a sane UI.

Why?

I have actually done that, I have implemented such a widget, and I have tried
to implement it based on <input list="">, and what blocked me was this bug,
this one event missing.
Because of this bug, I had to implement the whole autocomplete dropdown by
myself from scratch, including all key and mouse event handling, scrolling,
focus, sizing.

> I'm not aware of any real-world widget ... that does anything like what
> you describe.

I gave 3 real-world examples.

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Received on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 09:28:02 UTC