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# Class AutocompleteTextField

Autocompleting text field, using script.aculo.us

  Object
  ViewableData implements IteratorAggregate
  RequestHandler
  FormField
  TextField
  AutocompleteTextField

Package: forms\fields-formattedinput
Located at sapphire/forms/AutocompleteTextField.php

## Methods summary

`public` | # `__construct( `FormField::$name` $name, `FormField::$title` $title = null, `FormField::$value` $optionsURL, `FormField::$form` $value = "", `TextField::$maxLength` $maxLength = null )` Returns an input field, class="text" and type="text" with an optional maxlength Returns an input field, class="text" and type="text" with an optional maxlength #### Parameters $name name The internal field name, passed to forms. $title title The field label. $optionsURL value The value of the field. $value form Reference to the container form $maxLength maxLength The Maximum length of the attribute #### Overrides `TextField::__construct`
`public String` | # `extraClass( )` Compiles all CSS-classes. Optionally includes a "nolabel"-class if no title was set on the formfield. Uses `FormField::Message()` and `FormField::MessageType()` to add validatoin error classes which can be used to style the contained tags. Compiles all CSS-classes. Optionally includes a "nolabel"-class if no title was set on the formfield. Uses `FormField::Message()` and `FormField::MessageType()` to add validatoin error classes which can be used to style the contained tags. #### Returns `String` CSS-classnames #### Overrides `FormField::extraClass`
`public` | # `Field( )` Returns the form field - used by templates. Although FieldHolder is generally what is inserted into templates, all of the field holder templates make use of $Field. It's expected that FieldHolder will give you the "complete" representation of the field on the form, whereas Field will give you the core editing widget, such as an input tag. Returns the form field - used by templates. Although FieldHolder is generally what is inserted into templates, all of the field holder templates make use of $Field. It's expected that FieldHolder will give you the "complete" representation of the field on the form, whereas Field will give you the core editing widget, such as an input tag. Our base FormField class just returns a span containing the value. This should be overridden! #### Overrides `TextField::Field`
`public` | # `FieldHolder( )` Returns a "Field Holder" for this field - used by templates. Forms are constructed from by concatenating a number of these field holders. The default field holder is a label and form field inside a paragraph tag. Returns a "Field Holder" for this field - used by templates. Forms are constructed from by concatenating a number of these field holders. The default field holder is a label and form field inside a paragraph tag. Composite fields can override FieldHolder to create whatever visual effects you like. It's a good idea to put the actual HTML for field holders into templates. The default field holder is the DefaultFieldHolder template. This lets you override the HTML for specific sites, if it's necessary. #### Overrides `FormField::FieldHolder`

### Methods inherited from TextField

`InternallyLabelledField()`, `getMaxLength()`, `setMaxLength()`

### Methods inherited from FormField

`LeftTitle()`, `Link()`, `Message()`, `MessageType()`, `Name()`, `Required()`, `RightTitle()`, `SmallFieldHolder()`, `Title()`, `Type()`, `Value()`, `addExtraAttribute()`, `addExtraClass()`, `allowHTML5()`, `allow_html5()`, `attrName()`, `attrTitle()`, `attrValue()`, `createTag()`, `dataValue()`, `debug()`, `describe()`, `fieldHolderTemplates()`, `fieldTemplates()`, `forTemplate()`, `getCustomValidationMessage()`, `getExtraClasses()`, `getForm()`, `getHTML5Attribute()`, `getTabIndex()`, `getTabIndexHTML()`, `hasClass()`, `hasData()`, `id()`, `isComposite()`, `isDisabled()`, `isReadonly()`, `jsValidation()`, `name_to_label()`, `performDisabledTransformation()`, `performReadonlyTransformation()`, `removeExtraAttribute()`, `removeExtraClass()`, `rootFieldSet()`, `saveInto()`, `securityTokenEnabled()`, `setAutocomplete()`, `setContainerFieldSet()`, `setCustomValidationMessage()`, `setDisabled()`, `setError()`, `setFieldHolderTemplate()`, `setForm()`, `setHTML5Attribute()`, `setLeftTitle()`, `setName()`, `setReadonly()`, `setRightTitle()`, `setSmallFieldHolderTemplate()`, `setTabIndex()`, `setTemplate()`, `setTitle()`, `setValue()`, `smallFieldHolderTemplates()`, `transform()`, `useHTML5()`, `use_html5()`, `validate()`

### Methods inherited from RequestHandler

`allowedActions()`, `checkAccessAction()`, `getRequest()`, `handleRequest()`, `hasAction()`, `httpError()`

### Methods inherited from ViewableData

`ATT_val()`, `BaseHref()`, `CSSClasses()`, `ColumnBreak()`, `ColumnCalc()`, `ColumnNumber()`, `ColumnPad()`, `ColumnPos()`, `CurrentMember()`, `CurrentPage()`, `Debug()`, `Even()`, `EvenOdd()`, `First()`, `FirstLast()`, `HasPerm()`, `IsAjax()`, `JS_val()`, `Last()`, `Me()`, `Middle()`, `MiddleString()`, `Modulus()`, `MultipleOf()`, `Odd()`, `Pos()`, `RAW_val()`, `SQL_val()`, `ThemeDir()`, `ThemeName()`, `Top()`, `TotalItems()`, `XML_val()`, `__get()`, `__isset()`, `__set()`, `buildCastingCache()`, `cachedCall()`, `castingClass()`, `castingHelper()`, `castingHelperPair()`, `castingObjectCreator()`, `castingObjectCreatorPair()`, `customise()`, `defineMethods()`, `escapeTypeForField()`, `getField()`, `getIterator()`, `getSecurityID()`, `getXMLValues()`, `hasField()`, `hasValue()`, `i18nLocale()`, `iteratorProperties()`, `obj()`, `renderWith()`, `setCustomisedObj()`, `setField()`

### Methods inherited from Object

`__call()`, `__toString()`, `__wakeup()`, `addMethodsFrom()`, `addStaticVars()`, `addWrapperMethod()`, `add_extension()`, `add_static_var()`, `allMethodNames()`, `cacheToFile()`, `cacheToFileWithArgs()`, `clearCache()`, `combined_static()`, `create()`, `createMethod()`, `create_from_string()`, `exists()`, `extInstance()`, `extend()`, `getCustomClass()`, `getExtensionInstance()`, `getExtensionInstances()`, `get_extensions()`, `get_static()`, `hasExtension()`, `hasMethod()`, `has_extension()`, `invokeWithExtensions()`, `is_a()`, `loadCache()`, `parentClass()`, `parse_class_spec()`, `remove_extension()`, `sanitiseCachename()`, `saveCache()`, `set_stat()`, `set_static()`, `set_uninherited()`, `stat()`, `strong_create()`, `uninherited()`, `uninherited_static()`, `useCustomClass()`

### Magic methods summary

## Properties summary

`protected mixed` | $optionsURL | #

### Properties inherited from TextField

`$maxLength`

### Properties inherited from FormField

`$autocomplete`, `$containerFieldSet`, `$customValidationMessage`, `$description`, `$disabled`, `$dontEscape`, `$extraAttributes`, `$extraClass`, `$extraClasses`, `$fieldHTML5`, `$fieldHolderTemplate`, `$form`, `$html5Attributes`, `$leftTitle`, `$message`, `$messageType`, `$name`, `$possible_autocomplete_values`, `$readonly`, `$rightTitle`, `$smallFieldHolderTemplate`, `$tabIndex`, `$template`, `$title`, `$use_html5`, `$value`

### Properties inherited from RequestHandler

`$allowed_actions`, `$brokenOnConstruct`, `$request`, `$url_handlers`

### Properties inherited from ViewableData

`$casting`, `$customisedObject`, `$default_cast`, `$failover`, `$iteratorPos`, `$iteratorTotalItems`

### Properties inherited from Object

`$class`, `$extension_instances`, `$extensions`

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