

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var suggestions = new Array("Boris", "Bäcker", "Peter", "Test","Bums");
var outp;
var oldins;
var posi = -1;
var words = new Array();
var input;
var key;


function setVisible(visi)
{
var x = document.getElementById("shadow");
var t = document.getElementsByName("text")[0];
x.style.position = 'absolute';
x.style.top = (findPosY(t)+3)+"px";
x.style.left = (findPosX(t)+2)+"px";
x.style.visibility = visi;
}


function init()
{
outp = document.getElementById("output");
window.setInterval("lookAt()", 100);
setVisible("hidden");
document.onkeydown = keygetter; //needed for Opera
document.onkeyup = keyHandler;
}

function findPosX(obj)

{
var curleft = 0;

if (obj.offsetParent)
{

while (obj.offsetParent)
{
curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
obj = obj.offsetParent;
}
}
else if (obj.x)
curleft += obj.x;
return curleft;
}

function findPosY(obj)

{
var curtop = 0;

if (obj.offsetParent)
{
curtop += obj.offsetHeight;

while (obj.offsetParent)
{
curtop += obj.offsetTop;
obj = obj.offsetParent;
}
}

else if (obj.y)
{
curtop += obj.y;
curtop += obj.height;
}
return curtop;
}

function lookAt()
{
var ins = document.getElementsByName("text")[0].value;
if (oldins == ins) return;
else if (posi > -1);

else if (ins.length > 0)
{
words = getWord(ins);

if (words.length > 0)
{
clearOutput();
for (var i=0;i < words.length; ++i) addWord (words[i]);
setVisible("visible");
input = document.getElementsByName("text")[0].value;
}

else
{
setVisible("hidden");
posi = -1;
}
}

else
{
setVisible("hidden");
posi = -1;
}
oldins = ins;
}

function addWord(word)
{
var sp = document.createElement("div");
sp.appendChild(document.createTextNode(word));
sp.onmouseover = mouseHandler;
sp.onmouseout = mouseHandlerOut;
sp.onclick = mouseClick;
outp.appendChild(sp);
}

function clearOutput()
{

while (outp.hasChildNodes())
{
noten=outp.firstChild;
outp.removeChild(noten);
}
posi = -1;
}

function getWord(beginning)
{
var words = new Array();

for (var i=0;i < suggestions.length; ++i)
{
var j = -1;
var correct = 1;

while (correct == 1 && ++j < beginning.length)
{
if (suggestions[i].charAt(j) != beginning.charAt(j)) correct = 0;
}
if (correct == 1) words[words.length] = suggestions[i];
}
return words;
}

function setColor (_posi, _color, _forg)
{
outp.childNodes[_posi].style.background = _color;
outp.childNodes[_posi].style.color = _forg;
}

function keygetter(event)
{
if (!event && window.event) event = window.event;
if (event) key = event.keyCode;
else key = event.which;
}

function keyHandler(event)
{

if (document.getElementById("shadow").style.visibility == "visible")
{
var textfield = document.getElementsByName("text")[0];

if (key == 40)
{ //Key down
//alert (words);

if (words.length > 0 && posi words.length-1)
{
if (posi >=0) setColor(posi, "#fff", "black");
else input = textfield.value;
setColor(++posi, "blue", "white");
textfield.value = outp.childNodes[posi].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
}

else if (key == 38)
{ //Key up

if (words.length > 0 && posi >= 0)
{

if (posi >=1)
{
setColor(posi, "#fff", "black");
setColor(--posi, "blue", "white");
textfield.value = outp.childNodes[posi].firstChild.nodeValue;
}

else
{
setColor(posi, "#fff", "black");
textfield.value = input;
textfield.focus();
posi--;
}
}
}

else if (key == 27)
{ // Esc
textfield.value = input;
setVisible("hidden");
posi = -1;
oldins = input;
}

else if (key == 8)
{ // Backspace
posi = -1;
oldins=-1;
}
}
}

var mouseHandler=function()
{
for (var i=0; i < words.length; ++i)
setColor (i, "white", "black");
this.style.background = "blue";
this.style.color= "white";
}

var mouseHandlerOut=function()
{
this.style.background = "white";
this.style.color= "black";
}

var mouseClick=function()
{
document.getElementsByName("text")[0].value = this.firstChild.nodeValue;
setVisible("hidden");
posi = -1;
oldins = this.firstChild.nodeValue;
}
//-->
</script>
Css code:
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
<!--
.output


{
font-family:Arial;
font-size: 10pt;
color:black;
padding-left: 3px;
padding-top: 3px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 100px;
background: #fff;
}
.shadow


{
width:102px;
position:relative;
top: 2px;
left: 2px;
background: #555;
}

.shadow div
{
position:relative;
top: -2px;
left: -2px;
}
-->
</STYLE>



<body onLoad="init();">
<form name="test" id="test">
<input type="text" name="text" autocomplete="off">
</form>
<div class="shadow" id="shadow">
<div class="output" id="output">
</div>
</div>
</body>
