How to show suggested texts when a user types in on a textbox?

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Hey guys, i have a program that functions as a form to fill in.

What i need to happen is for some of the textbox to show previously typed texts by the user so if they are typing their names, they can just select from the suggested texts. any idea how i can start this?

What I have tried:

I saw some articles for Autocomplete however this will require for me to enter specific words on the source. I dont want this as the people filling out the forms are random.

Posted 1-Feb-21 15:50pm

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Updated 1-Feb-21 19:29pm

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thatraja · Answer 1 · 2021-02-01T19:29:00

Solution 1

Are you talking about Winform? Use TextBox.AutoCompleteMode Property[^]
Sample article on that
AutoComplete TextBox in C#[^]

If it's Webform, you can use AJAX or jQuery. Search Web for more details.

Posted 1-Feb-21 19:29pm

thatraja

Updated 2-Feb-21 0:19am

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