Any Jquery 1.3 Compatible Plugin To Filter Dropdown Using User Text Input Plus Grouping Based On Number Of Input Strings Matched

Just wanted to know if there already is plugin for this, otherwise I am going to code myself. Following is my exact requirement. Say I have a dropdown list like this -

Solution 1:

My honest opinion would be that the best route here would be to write your own custom code for this problem. jQuery (use 1.6 by the way) is very powerful and can solve your issue but finding a specific plugin which meets your needs exactly is unlikely.

Maybe you should take an already existing plugin such as:

http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/autocomplete

and then reconfigure it to show the results in the way you want. Then publish your code back to the community and help to add to the rich collection of plugins available.

Just a thought.

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