[Developers] Suggestion for Freebase Suggest

[Dae Park]

Yes, the new freebaseSelect plugin serves this purpose. It's  
basically a combox box (comparable to the html <select> element) that  
can be used to list the first n instances of a type. For example to  
list all 50 US States you would do something like:

$("#myinput").freebaseSelect({type:"/location/us_state", limit: 50})
              .bind('fb-select', function(e, data) { console.log 
('select: ', data.id); })

Currently it doesn't show the drop down when you focus, but it does  
show the drop down list on down arrow.

-dae

ps. hope you don't mind me posting your question to  
developers at freebase.com since others might benefit as well...


On Feb 7, 2008, at 3:27 PM, William Pietri wrote:
> Hi, guys! I'm happily using Freebase Suggest 0.3, and had a  
> suggestion (or maybe just a usage question).
>
> Right now, it looks like you have to type at least one character to  
> get Freebase Suggest to pop up. But for some fields I'd like to  
> have it pop up as soon as the field gets focus.
>
> Obviously this would only make sense where I know the type and  
> further know that the number of items is small. But it would make a  
> nice option for those cases. Is there a way I can do that now?
>
> Thanks,
>
> William
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