Alright!

While Im working on this, I was hoping maybe someone here has any good idea on this. Ok, Im doing some nice app here in perl and it uses mySQL db. Now, I've set a window's repeat to like 2 seconds, and the basic idea here is that its supposed to show up result from the mySQL db just beneath an Entry (Tk) widget (kinda like autocompletion) when user types something in the entry. So far I've done something like this:
        $fastSearchMenu = $mw->Menu(-tearoff => 0);

        foreach my $row (@$tbl_array_ref) {
            $fastSearchMenu->add ('command',
                -label=> $row->{'path'},
                -command => sub {
                }
            );
        }
        #$menu->add('separator');

        $fastSearchMenu->Popup(-popover => 'cursor');
        #$fastSearchMenu->Post(300, 300);
        $full_PathEntry->focus();

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However, this isnt really as nice as I want it. First off, I loose focus from the Entry (eventhough I do the ->focus thingy). And the old meny is floating and doesnt disapear (what its supposed to do, when the db data is updated as user types something else or so). It's also supposed to work pressing.. say.. down arrow on keyboard, and then be able of selecting from this "menu".

So, anyone here got some kewl ideas how to implement this smoothly, and make it work properly? Quite tricky... Not even sure if I should use ->Post or ->Popup either... Or maybe I should use something totally different than Tk::Menu?

Thanks,
Ace

In reply to Autocompletion simulated in Tk by Ace128

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