"Reverse Search" Search function for in Grails App

Question

I searching for an useful Plugin or Idea for my app for reverse search.

I am not sure if it is he right english Word for it...so let me explain:

I got a list of ingredient in my cooking app.

If i choose to create a new receipt i have to scroll through the whole list of ingredients.

I want to be able to add an Letter to the ingredients list.

For example: "e"

Now my list only contains ingredients with the letter "e" at the beginning...for example "eggs"

Any Idea or hint for me? (Additional Info: I am using Searchable Plugin for Grails at the moment..maybe this matches my needs?)

Did somebody understand what i try to achieve? Is reverse search the right word? — bastianneu, Sep 20 '09 at 11:39

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '09 at 19:05

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I think the term you are looking for is "AutoComplete"

A good starting point might be the RichUI Plugin which supports AutoComplete

answered Sep 20 '09 at 19:05

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Yeah you are right. Damm sometimes i add to much complexity to my thoughts.^^ Thank you! – bastianneu Sep 21 '09 at 05:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 21 '09 at 01:21

I looks like RichUI does what you are looking for, but I haven't used it yet. The way I do it is, I have an action in the controller that returns a JSON result of values for a given string. I call the action using AJAX (JQuery). If the list isn't dynamic, I just set the list in the gsp view, and use do a search using JQuery.

"Reverse Search" Search function for in Grails App

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