autocomplete textarea, suport multiple words, freeflo typing

I searched high and low before I started on this,
and I just couldn't find a decent jquery plugin,
that would let me type into a text area, and as I was typing a word,
check for matches against a list and return any matches as suggestions I could select.

There are a few autocomplete plugins out there but they are all tailored basically at search boxes.

So I thought I'd go ahead and start making one for textareas and to help people type letters,
or whatever they're typing faster.

It's far from finished, but you can see the current product here

http://automate.uni.cc

bear in mind I'm no jquery pro so perhaps the more experienced developers will see room for improvement,
and if you do please let me know so I can learn.

furthermore I'd like feedback on where to go from here in terms of usability,
eg I'm thinking of making suggestions auto appear in the textarea once matches are found,
then use the up /down arrows to change them.

rather than the system now where you have to press down to trigger the list, then enter after selecting the one you want.

Anyway thats just an introduction.

hope to get some feedback/code critique

thanks

• Topic Participants

• fatjoez

• mikebranski