any ideas what might be causing this?

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jerrylow commented

Hey chriz - actually it was from the review http://drupal.org/node/1966828#comment-7282808 Sam had some concerns about the list being presented not matching anything at 2 or less characters.

Currently set in jquery.autocomplete.js:385

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chriz001 commented

Hi Jerry,

I think the improvement sam suggested is the same as the one i was trying to ask about. Unless i have misunderstood.

When i type 1 character i dont get any autosuggest box. - this is fine.
When i type 2 characters, the autosuggest box drops down, but it starts at A. it doesn't show me any results based off what i have typed. - no filtering.
When i type 3 characters, i get useful autosuggestions. - this is what i would expect.

If i change the minChars in jquery.autocomplete.js at line 385 it keeps the same behaviour, but it just changes the number of characters i need to type.

Thanks Jerry.
Nice work by the way :)

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jerrylow commented

Thanks, the autocomplete script was written by Jarn - another author. I'll dig into the script to see if I can make some adjustments.

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chriz001 commented

sounds good :)
thankyou.

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jerrylow commented

Hey Chriz,

I thoroughly looked through that part of the script and I think I understand where this is coming from in terms of a user perspective. Or at least my alteration.

So I changed the min threshold to 0 char which means the list actually properly starts filtering at 2 characters. The list still reveals the full list at 1 char and I think this make sense as a user because once I start typing at least I can see what my options are.

Hope that makes sense.