RadAutoCompleteBox has a built-in keyboard support. You can navigate to the control
instance using the Tab key if you set the TabIndex property of
RadAutoCompleteBox.
In addition, you can use a shortcut if you set the AccessKey property.
In this particular example, the TabIndex was set to 1 (first tab stop)
and AccessKey is the letter typed inside the TextBox, meaning that RadAutoCompleteBox
will receive focus when users press
Alt + The letter typed inside the TextBox(Alt + Shift + The letter typed inside the TextBox for FF).
Once the RadAutoCompleteBox control is focused, you can type certain letter to request the underlying datasource and navigate trough the EntriesCollection in
the DropDown, using DownArrow or UpArrow.
- PressAlt + The letter typed inside the TextBox" (Shift
+ Alt + The letter typed inside the TextBox" for Firefox) to move the focus in the RadAutoCompleteBox.
- Use DownArrow/UpArrow to navigate through the EntriesCollection. Press Enter to
select an Entry.
- Use Esc to close the opened DropDown and the DownArrow to expand it again, querying for the entries regarding
the typed in the input text.
- Use LeftArrow/RigthArrow to navigate through the tokens that are already added in the RadAutoCompleteBox.
- Once a token is focused you can press F2 to edit its Text (if AllowCustomEntry andAllowTokenEditing are enabled) or
simply use Delete to remove it