Auto-complete box - turn off sorting

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February 08, 2016 03:39

Hi

 

I am using a web service query to populate an auto-complete box - this does a speical sort and returns the items in the order I want them displayed. However the list is then sorted into alphabetical order by the box.

 

I set the order of the items as

 

    14 Tobago Way

 

    1/14 Tobias Avenue

 

    2/14 Tobias Avenue

 

    14 Tobin Avenue

 

but the list is displayed as

 

     1/14 Tobias Avenue

 

     14 Tobago Avenue

 

     14 Tobin Avenue

 

      2/14 Tobias Avenue

 

Is there any way to turn off the sort in the auto-complete box?

 

Chris Egan

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  John Nerge

  February 12, 2016 17:05

  I don't think so. The autocomplete box is doing what it's designed to do: returning all possible results in alphabetical order based on what you type. Other form elements like combo and list boxes respect sort orders because they have input data arguments, which read the list you created in the order you specified.

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