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0 pointsbmn__4y ago0 comments

> HTML don't have combobox build-in

Yes, it does. Supported in browsers since 2010, specified earlier. You have not taken the time to research this topic.

    <input list="administrative_areas" name="PRC_AA" />
    <datalist id="administrative_areas">
        <option value="华北">
        <option value="东北">
        <option value="华东">
        <option value="中南">
        <option value="西北">
        <option value="西南">
    </datalist>

Type `南` to test.

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mmis10004y ago

I think this don't really work as a combo box on firefox, more like auto complete.

It is some what a replacement on chrome, because chrome decide to show it with arrow point to bottom.

And in both firefox and chrome. It don't even have a indicator display by default to tell you "you are supposed to select it, not type it" or "Type yourself is invalid, you need to use predefined options".

8n4vidtmkvmk4y ago

It's not very good tho. It offers some autocomplete suggestions once you type the first character, but there's no indicator that there's a hidden list there. It seems if you double click on the input you can pull up the full list, but no one would know that.

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