ListSearchExtender could work much better with slight enhancement

The List Search Extender is definitely very useful but a slight enhancement could make it a lot better. I use a javascript implementation of this type of functionality in my code which can be seen at:

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/selectasyoutype.asp

The key difference is the following. Say as an example you have a long list of names in a listbox e.g. list of countries. You start typing 'i' 't' 'a' for Italy. Now you can change your mind and actually want to go for Spain so you next type in a 's' and then 'p' etc. Where the Select As You Type script differs is that when it doesn't find any matches for 'i' 't' 'a' 's' 'p', it starts again at the point where you started a new search. So instead of the listbox looking for 'itasp', it actually realises that it should now be looking for countries starting with 'sp'. Could you guys possibly implement that as it is far better than having to erase each of the characters to start the listbox search again.

Regards

Harel

This is an interesting idea -- I've created a work item for it. If anyone else would like this functionality then please vote for it:http://www.codeplex.com/AtlasControlToolkit/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=8763

Regards,

Damian

There would need to be some type of timeout attached to the control so if a user stopped typing for X seconds and started again, the control would realize that a new sequence of characters was being typed. Explorer.exe contains that functionality, of course.

I definitely vote yes for it.