YUI Library Examples: AutoComplete Control: Centering AutoComplete On a Page

Sample Code

CSS:


1	/* custom styles for centered example */
2	body, h1 { margin:0;padding:0; } /* needed for known issue with Dom.getXY() in safari for absolute elements in positioned containers */
3	#ysearch { text-align:center; }
4	#ysearchinput { position:static;width:20em; } /* to center, set static and explicit width: */
5	#ysearchcontainer { text-align:left;width:20em; } /* to center, set left-align and explicit width: */
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Markup:


1	<form action="http://search.yahoo.com/search">
2	<div id="ysearch">
3	<label>Yahoo! Search: </label>
4	<input id="ysearchinput" type="text" name="p">
5	<input id="ysearchsubmit" type="submit" value="Submit Query">
6	<div id="ysearchcontainer"></div>
7	</div>
8	</form>
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JavaScript:


1	YAHOO.example.Centered = function() {
2	var myDataSource = new YAHOO.util.XHRDataSource("assets/php/ysearch_proxy.php?output=json&");
3	myDataSource.responseSchema = {
4	resultsList: "ResultSet.Result",
5	fields: ["Title"]
6	};
7
8	// Instantiate AutoComplete
9	var myAutoComp = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete("ysearchinput","ysearchcontainer", myDataSource);
10	myAutoComp.queryMatchContains = true;
11	myAutoComp.queryQuestionMark = false;
12	myAutoComp.useShadow = true;
13
14	// Keeps container centered
15	myAutoComp.doBeforeExpandContainer = function(oTextbox, oContainer, sQuery, aResults) {
16	var pos = YAHOO.util.Dom.getXY(oTextbox);
17	pos[1] += YAHOO.util.Dom.get(oTextbox).offsetHeight + 2;
18	YAHOO.util.Dom.setXY(oContainer,pos);
19	return true;
20	};
21
22	return {
23	oDS: myDataSource,
24	oAC: myAutoComp
25	};
26	}();
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INFO 60ms (+2) 11:29:38 AM:

AutoComplete instance0 ysearchinput

AutoComplete initialized

INFO 58ms (+58) 11:29:38 AM:
DataSource  instance0
DataSource initialized

INFO 0ms (+0) 11:29:38 AM:
global
Logger initialized

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