ugonna / AutocompleteTextBox

A TextBox for WinRT apps that uses a custom dictionary of suggestions to popup autocomplete options.

AutocompleteTextBox

An autocomplete TextBox for WinRT/Modern (Windows 8/8.1) apps that uses a custom dictionary of suggestions to popup autocomplete options.

Why?

I needed a simple textbox with custom autocomplete suggestions for my app, Eduplanner, so I built a simple one.

Do with it as you please.

Usage?

The project is a Windows Runtime Component so it can be used for any WinRT project. To import and use in your page with XAML:

<Page ...
      xmlns:actb="using:AutocompleteTextBox"
      ...
      >

...

<actb:AutocompleteTextBox x:Name = "countryTextBox" FontSize="20"
                          PlaceholderText="Type in country names"
                          ItemsSource="{Binding}"/>
...

Use it in code as you would any normal ComboBox. C# sample:

List<string> countries = new List<string>();
countries.Add("Nigeria");
countries.Add("United States");
countries.Add("United Kingdom");

countryTextBox.DataContext = countries;

Known Issues

• Autocomplete dropdown does not fill width of TextBox
• Cannot use tab button from physical keyboard to set focus on the suggested entries