Fancy "Google-Suggests" Style Selectors in Launchpad

Note Similar Page LaunchpadGoogleSuggestsWidget

Status

• Created: 23/04/05 by MarkShuttleworth
  

• Priority: MediumPriority
  

• People: StuartBishopLead, DafyddHarriesSecond
  

• Contributors: MarkShuttleworth
  

• Interested: PaulSladen
  

• Status: BrainDump, BreezyGoal, UduBof, LaunchpadSpecification, SpecElsewhere
  

• UduSessions: 7 (4 to discuss and 3 to draft)
  

Summary

To select one or more from hundreds or thousands of items (such as products or people), Launchpad has a standard control that retrieves suggestions based on text you type. This control is implemented using XmlHttp and JavaScript, and is similar to that used in Google Suggest.

Spec elsewhere

https://wiki.launchpad.canonical.com/SuggestionSearchControl