Search Light jQuery Plugin
I needed a nice looking javascript search result script for a site I’m working on and after looking around for a while I couldn’t find anything that really did what I wanted. So, I took it upon myself to write a nifty jQuery plugin that does exactly what I want.
The plugin is named Search Light. You can view a demo of it and download it using the links at the end of this post. Please let me know what you think of it.
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The position of the popupbox is not correct in Google Chrome 3
Had a check and it works and positions correctly for me in Chrome 2, Opera 9.64, IE 8, Firefox 3 and Safari 3
This is the problem with jQuery. Hundreds of clever folks reinventing every wheel in their own way and throwing it into an unsupported, undocumented mix.
In ExtJs, a simple Ext.form.ComboBox with a custom template can do that:
bc(brush: js). var c = new Ext.form.ComboBox({
renderTo: document.body,
listWidth: ‘auto’,
tpl: ‘<table class="results"><tbody><tpl for=".">’ +
‘<tr>’ +
‘<td class="results-genre"><tpl if="xindex == 1 || parent[xindex - 2].genre !== values.genre">{genre}</tpl></td>’ +
‘<td class="results-name"><img src="{icon}">{name}</td>’ +
‘</tr>’ +
‘<tpl if="xindex < xcount && parent[xindex].genre !== values.genre">’ +
‘<tr class="results-spacer"><td class="results-genre"></td><td class="results-name"></td></tr>’ +
‘</tpl>’ +
‘</tpl></tbody></table>’,
store: new Ext.data.Store({
proxy: new Ext.data.HttpProxy({
url: ‘sample_data.txt’
}),
reader: new Ext.data.ArrayReader({}, [
‘id’, ‘genre’, ‘name’, ‘icon’
])
}),
mode: ‘remote’,
hideTrigger: true
});
here:
nice example
Been looking for something like this for aaaaaages, can’t wait to try it out!
It doesn’t work in IE-7. Does anybody know the fix. ?
Figure out the problem for IE-7
bc(brush: js). if ($.browser.msie && parseFloat($.browser.version) <= 7) {
results.css({
width: ‘1%’
});
}
change the width value to 100% in js file
Link to tarball is broken?
en ie 7 no funciona mano
dont work in IE 7
plzzzzz can u tell me how to make it read the result from html <p> or <div> tag instead of the text file plzzzzzzzzzzzz
hsf
Super work. Thanks for sharing.
Just one question, It doesn’t work with jquery 1.4 ?
Hi. Can any body tell me how I send more parameters to php script? Thanks
Does anyone know how to change the position of the popupox? Currently, when I type in the search field, the results load on top of the search field area, not beneath it. Thanks.
Instead of using .txt file for data, i am trying to get data through an ajax call with URL. anyhow i am getting 406 Error. can anyone help me on this.
thanks in advance.
Ram
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