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Thanks for your sample code - working with database foreign keys, it's imperative the user selects from the drop-down list (can't use an HTML select box, as there's 40k options in the DB).

Any progress made or planned on this issue?

I've mocked up a working example of scotts post here:

http://jsfiddle.net/EuXrP/

I added a little bit at the end where I cleared the value of the input if there was no match.  This fulfills the requirement of forcing a selection.  I think it's also recommended to set the input value to match the label of the item, though this should be done in the select event, where you may also want to set the value somewhere else as well.

I have been using this for forcing select for some time now, but I have recently found a problem. In IE8, if you set a max-height and scroll bars on the list, scrolling causes the input field to loose focus. This causes the input box to loose the entered value when the user scrolls.

Nope, doesn't work. This still lets you type in a bunch of crap after you make a selection. I have seen working examples of "force selection" in various places on the web, I just can't understand why nobody can post the code to one of them. There is not a single example on the internet that only allows the selection from a text box, then prevents you from typing in garbage after the selection is made. It's really a shame, it's such a common use-case.