Drop down consists of many items

Question

I am facing weird kinda situation. I have form which consists of 6 Fields among which 1 is drop down list. Now i have filled that drop down from another table but problem is that the Drop Down consists loads many items (ComplaintID) and can extent further. So what can be the solution instead of using Drop down or trimming it or anything.

Answer 1

Have a look at

• Chosen
• Autocomplete

Also have a look at

Why drop-down lists are bad for the user experience?

What are the alternatives to a very long dropdown?

Alternatives to huge drop down lists

Answer 2

have you tried a listbox? that lets you scroll so doesn't matter how many items really