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# YUI Library Examples: AutoComplete Control: Centering AutoComplete On a Page

# AutoComplete Control: Centering AutoComplete On a Page

This example points to Yahoo! Search Web Services. Custom CSS rules have been applied to achieve the shrink-wrapped, centered search module.

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## Sample Code

CSS:

/* custom styles for centered example */ body, h1 { margin:0;padding:0; } /* needed for known issue with Dom.getXY() in safari for absolute elements in positioned containers */ label { color:#E76300;font-weight:bold;} #ysearch { text-align:center; } #ysearchinput { position:static;width:20em; } /* to center, set static and explicit width: */ #ysearchcontainer { text-align:left;width:20em; } /* to center, set left-align and explicit width: */

Markup:

<form action="http://search.yahoo.com/search"> <div id="ysearch"> <label for="ysearchinput">Yahoo! Search: </label> <input id="ysearchinput" type="text" name="p"> <input id="ysearchsubmit" type="submit" value="Submit Query"> <div id="ysearchcontainer"></div> </div> </form>

JavaScript:

YAHOO.example.Centered = function() { var myDataSource = new YAHOO.util.XHRDataSource("assets/php/ysearch_proxy.php?output=json&"); myDataSource.responseSchema = { resultsList: "ResultSet.Result", fields: ["Title"] }; // Instantiate AutoComplete var myAutoComp = new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete("ysearchinput","ysearchcontainer", myDataSource); myAutoComp.queryMatchContains = true; myAutoComp.queryQuestionMark = false; myAutoComp.useShadow = true; return { oDS: myDataSource, oAC: myAutoComp }; }();

## Configuration for This Example

You can load the necessary JavaScript and CSS for this example from Yahoo's servers. Click here to load the YUI Dependency Configurator with all of this example's dependencies preconfigured.

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### AutoComplete Control Examples:

### More AutoComplete Control Resources:

- User's Guide (external)
- API Documentation
- Cheat Sheet PDF (external)

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