Implementing Live Search using Jquery

Question

I am a newbie in this field.

I have a sharepoint list containing a set of data and as the user enters his input in the text box it should display the options.

Planning to implement in keyup but unable to understand how to search.

Answer 1

Here you go

• Search as you type in SharePoint
• Real time filtering in SharePoint Lists

Answer 2

jQuery UI propose a widget for autocompletion at this page http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/. It's possible to have remote datasource. You may find your happyness.

Answer 3

You could try the jquery-ui plugin which includes the autocomplete module.

Demo & Documentation here