Directory People Autocompleter

The Directory People Autocompleter is used throughout the site to allow the easy selection of a physics person from the department directory.

For an example we will look at the My Groups interface. At first glance the autocompleter looks like a regular textbox:

Begin to type the name or e-mail of a user in the physics directory, however, and the autocompleter feature become apparent:

To select the person you want use either the mouse, or the arrow keys and enter on your keyboard:

No suggestions shown while typing may be due to the following:

• No matching name or e-mail address are found in the physics directory
• JavaScript is disabled in your web browser, or you are using a web browser which does not support the Autocompleter. Try the JavaScript Test to determine if your browser is JavaScript capable.

The textbox can still be used to specify physics people even if your browser does not support the Autocompleter. Simply identify the user using one of the supported formats:

• Lastname, Firstname
• Firstname Lastname
• physid@physics.umn.edu
• x500@umn.edu