How do the words in the search append as in Google

Question

I write "video " and I is added to the drop-down list:

video converter  
video saver 
video player

Ho do this? I just know that every time the asp.net page reloads, but I need without overloading.

Are you talking about an auto-completing text box? Something that returns matching results as a user types? — Yuck, Jul 08 '11 at 15:44
Hi Google a bit about "auto completion" and ajax page rendering / refresh — Davide Piras, Jul 08 '11 at 15:44
You'd need some sort of javascript function that pulls up common related queries. It may or may not require AJAX. — thedaian, Jul 08 '11 at 15:44

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

You need to use a Autocomplete script. Microsoft's AJAX Control Toolkit provides that.

And there's also a jQuery UI Autocomplete.

Here are some tutorials on the subject:

Microsoft's:

jQuery's

I will have the decency of not copying the code from those to here :)

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '11 at 15:48

You are talking about something called AutoComplete. To implement this functionality you will need to use AJAX. In ASP.NET there are two popular ways to accomplish this:

I personally prefer jQuery because it feels more lightweight/intuitive than what Microsoft offers, but I would recommend looking at both and seeing what you are more comfortable with. The AJAX toolkit is more integrated with Visual Studio so many people prefer using this...

How do the words in the search append as in Google

2 Answers2

Microsoft's:

jQuery's