We are using some UltraCombo drop-downs with AutoCompleteMode set to "SuggestAppend". This works great, except that you have to type relatively quickly to keep the "append" function working. For example, if you're looking for an entry in the list that starts with "George", but you type "g" and "e" slowly, the list will skip to the e's.
I understand this is the expected behavior. What we're wondering is if there is any adjustment that can be made to the length of time it takes before the search starts over, for users that may type a little slowly.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Sean.
Hi Sean,
The behavior you are describing only occurs when you have DropDownStyle set to DropDownList. If you set it to DropDown, then the user can type and the edit portion of the combo maintains what they typed so there's no time limit.
To answer your question, though, the answer is no - there is no way to adjust the time limit. I'm pretty sure it's based on some Windows System setting that is used for searching in other places in Windows, such as the tree in Windows Explorer.
Thanks, Mike. We're using DropDownList to force the user to select an item from the list, rather than entering their own data, so we can't use DropDown. But thanks for answering my questions about the timing, that's what I really needed to know.