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Is there an official term for the automatic search that Google Instant uses once you stop typing for about 1 second? This is also used on UX.SE when searching for a user. I am looking to add this into a client application and have been searching for information on how to do it in our platform, but can't find much. My guess is that I am not using the right terminology.

Is there an official term for this type of behavior? (Not the prediction aspect, but the search results being processed without actually clicking search)

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Results as you type is the term used by Google themselves (which links on to the page about autocomplete)

This SemaText page suggests a collection of terms:

  • Search AutoComplete
  • Auto-Complete
  • Auto-Suggest
  • Search suggest
  • Suggest as you type
  • Read-ahead

YUI is an example css and javascript library that has a controllable query delay that you can use to change the delay before a query is activated when the user pauses typing.

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  • Sorry Roger I wasn't clear in my question, I have edited it now. I am not concerned with the predictive capabilities, but mainly the action of the search being performed without actually clicking search.
    – Matt Rockwell
    Commented Nov 14, 2011 at 13:31
  • Am I still off track now?
    – Roger Attrill
    Commented Nov 14, 2011 at 13:46
  • Nope :) Closer to what I am looking for, I am going to try and see what I can find using those terms. My platform is WPF (XAML + C#). I'll see what I can find now.
    – Matt Rockwell
    Commented Nov 14, 2011 at 13:57
  • A "WPF AutoComplete TextBox" seems to be the winner. Thanks!
    – Matt Rockwell
    Commented Nov 14, 2011 at 14:02

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