Autocomplete involves the program predicting a word or phrase that the user wants to type in without the user actually typing it in completely
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When should you start autocompleting a search in autocomplete search field?
We're implementing an Autocomplete search field on a website we're working on. However the question arises:
At what point should you start showing the autocomplete results?
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How do I make it obvious that Autocomplete suggestions are not mandatory?
We developed an invitation widget that autocompletes names based on who the user follows on Twitter. It is also possible to invite anybody, but I feel like this design makes it look like you 'must' ...
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Guidelines for autocomplete widgets
What guidelines exist when working with autocomplete widgets? I'm hoping for general guidelines that apply across different application types: web, desktop, and mobile.
A response to a Search as you ...
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Is it ok to change the (US) address input field order in favor of a pre-fill feature?
I am working on an international site that requires the user to enter his postal address. I am wondering if it makes sense to have a slightly different order of input fields in favor of a time saving ...
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How to tell the user that an input box is autocomplete-enabled?
Is there a good graphical sign which tells the user that a particular field on the page is autocomplete enabled?
For instance, the field name says "Document author". When you start typing in that ...
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How to indicate a text field is autocomplete capable? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to tell the user that an input box is autocomplete-enabled?
Has anyone come across any kind of visual indicator that suggests a text field will autocomplete? ...
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Autocomplete no results behaviour
First, a bit of background:
I am using autocomplete to provide suggestions (in my case a list of users) to provide tokenized input to a text field:
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Should I change how a list is displayed based on number of options?
In a web application I work on, I have been asked to change an existing 'Owner' field from being free-form to accept only predefined values from a list.
Sometimes that list can be manually configured ...
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What's the best way to select a suburb from a large list on a mobile device?
I need the user to select the suburb that they live in. It's no good just entering any old text, it has to match one of the suburbs in my database.
My current implementation is an auto-complete text ...
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Auto-suggest confuses users; How do I improve it?
I wanted to get some ideas on how a problem like this might be avoided. A mobile app (android, ios) that I work on uses a local sqllite DB to power an auto-suggest feature on the search screen. The ...
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List autocomplete delete/edit behaviour
I am not sure what these widgets are called, but they are the ones used to assigned tags to questions on SE and appear in webmail apps such as GMail and Hotmail as well:
If someone could chime in ...
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Autocomplete returns more than X records
I have read How many items in a web form drop down is too many?. I almost agree with Vitaly's answer: no more than 30 (X) items in a drop down. So if auto-complete request returns more than X records, ...
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Normal select box vs autocomplete widget UX wise
Was wondering is anyone had experience dealing with autocomplete widget vs using a select box when you got 100-200-300 items in the select box.
I think the general consensus is that the autocomplete ...
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Autocomplete Search takes you directly to product
A user enters text in a search box and a list of autocomplete options appear. The user clicks on one of these suggestions.
Should they be sent straight to that product's page, or should they be sent ...
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How to analyze quality of data to be used in an autosuggest or autocomplete?
How does one review and analyze the underlying data set for an autosuggest in order to know what mitigating choices to take with the autosuggest UX? I am concerned there may be problems in a data set ...
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what is the best way to have an autocomplete at the bottom of a webpage
I have a webapp, and it has a list of items at the bottom of the page. The last item is a textbox with autocomplete. So the text box is right at the bottom of the page. I want the textbox to do ...
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How fast does autocomplete need to be for a good user experience? [duplicate]
Has there been any study into how quickly autocomplete suggestions need to show up for a good user experience?
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How to force a user to choose from suggestions by typing
In auto-complete input fields, the suggestions are usually optional, but the user can type whatever he wants.
I want to force the user to choose from the suggested list.
The best option I can think ...
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Inputting addresses using autocomplete
I have a web application where the user will need to fill many addresses (a few users entering the addresses of other people). It uses autocomplete to speed things up and to reduce duplication (the ...
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Automatically limiting or correcting numeric input field values
The application interface I am working on has an slider to select a number, but offers a text input field next to it. This allows reading the currently selected value, but also supports keyboard ...
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Form auto completion and button placement
I have a form which represents a book, the user enters the title, authors, publication year, etc... We have a feature which will auto-complete the entire book if the user enters enough info for us to ...
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Good web-form dropdown alternative for unfamiliar fields?
In general, I try to limit use of dropdowns to lists of no more than ~15 or so options. For larger lists with options the user is familiar with, I tend to favor autocomplete text inputs. However, ...
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Will users scroll the autocomplete results on a mobile device?
I am working on search functionality for a mobile website. We are using a drop down list of smart auto complete suggestions so that the user won't have to type as much. In this case, a travel app, the ...
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jQuery AutoSuggest or Dropdown for Data Input
We are working on an improvement to a project that requires users to enter their state, city, and street to get a result back based off what they entered. The current model asks users to freeform type ...
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Is there a standard way to indicate a suggestive search (autocomplete) in a wireframe form?
I'm designing an interface, and I'm currently creating a wireframe to guide me before developing it. I know that a particular form will make suggestions, but if I were to, say, get another developer ...
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position of lens icon in auto suggest field
Can some one suggest which is the best place for keeping lens icon for auto suggest/ auto complete field from usability point of view? I have seen most of the sites keeping it on the right side of the ...
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Type ahead search and URL history entry
I am designing a user management system for an intranet. It takes after most traditional interfaces for managing and editing user details.
The system is designed with fall back so that users without ...
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Why does mobile phone auto correct fail?
You know what happens when you type anything on a mobile device, it corrects your spelling to something you didn't want. But you don't realize it until you've sent the message, and then it's too late, ...
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“Responsively” select an item from a large closed collection?
I'm building a responsive web application. One of the main focus of this application is to efficiently collect information.
In some fields, I need the user to select one value from a large collection ...
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What is an effective way to allow user select from a list of thousands of customers
For browser based web application, I need the user to select a customer from thousands of available customers. The user may have the ID of the given customer or just the Full Name & Address. In ...
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Disappearing input field placeholder aesthetics for web apps
Background
Users may provide various categorized input entries (e.g., danger, warning, avoid, and relax), such as those in the following image (e.g., "Relax #1", "Avoid #1", etc.):
Problem
When ...
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Is it useful to show images in auto-suggestions?
I am developing an application for a quiz competition. So obviously there would be a student search engine. So I decided that there would be an auto-suggestion feature for it. But, my question is; is ...
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How do you order federated autocomplete groups?
By federated autocomplete (pattern name from this question), I mean one of this:
Background: I am working on an application where there are "types", for example people, documents, transactions, ...
