Fairway FlexBox jQuery Plugin ============================= Find latest version to download, and issue tracker, at http://flexbox.codeplex.com Find latest documentation and demos at http://fairwaytech.com/flexbox or in the Documentation folder (index.html) Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Noah Heldman and Fairway Technologies (http://www.fairwaytech.com/flexbox) Licensed under Ms-PL (http://www.codeplex.com/flexbox/license) FlexBox is a jQuery plugin that is intended to be a very flexible replacement for html textboxes and dropdowns, optionally using ajax to retrieve and bind JSON data. It can be used as a: - ComboBox, with optional per-result html templates - Suggest box, like Google's search - Data-driven type-ahead input box It supports: - Auto-completion using local (JSON) or remote (JSON via ajax) data - Skinning via css - Flexible paging of results - Configurable client-side caching - Much more... (see Configuration Options in the documentation) HISTORY: 0.9.6 (2010-11-24): - When selecting a matching value, the corresponding id is POSTed (form field name matches FlexBox id) - When typing a value not in the list, the new value is POSTed (form field name matches FlexBox id) - Updated demos.html to reflect changes 0.9.5 (2010-11-16): - Added new option "matchAny" (default true), for client-side filtering ONLY, which will match the search term anywhere within the string (set to false to match beginning only) 0.9.4 (2010-10-07): - 8972: ISSUE: Dropdown list does not stay when scrolling down in IE8 0.9.3 (2010-09-30): - Client-side JSON filtering - MANY bug fixes - Browser compatibility improvements - Enhanced documentation - New source code bundle 0.9.2 (2008-12-17): - 3496: FEATURE: Allow client-side paging - 3319: FEATURE: Allow passing JSON object as first parameter to FlexBox - 3405: ISSUE: Disable autocompleter - 3323: ISSUE: Backspace key in input box does not work elegantly 0.9.1 (2008-11-15): - Defect fixes from initial release - 3119: Filtered List Highlighting Implies a "Like" Search - 3247: Disable automatic insertion of a potential match - 3248: On Tab, Select highlighted entry and move to next field - 3297: Support POST in addition to GET to retrieve JSON data 0.9.0 (2008-11-06): - Initial public release (beta)