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title: "How to make Autocomplete group"
url: "https://openforis.support/questions/607/how-to-make-autocomplete-group"
tags: ["collect"]
status: "accepted"
score: 0
answer_count: 2
asked: "2016-07-24T19:48:54"
last_activity: "2018-02-20T11:00:39"
source: "Open Foris Support - Q&A Forum"
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# How to make Autocomplete group

Asked by Rajkumar on 2016-07-24

hello openforis,
how can I make Autocomplete... in text attribute ?


## Accepted answer (score 1, by Stefano (OF) on 2016-07-25)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/607/how-to-make-autocomplete-group/609

You have simply to specify the name of the group in the Autocomplete property. This feature is available only for Collect Desktop (so it won't be available in Collect Earth or in Collect Mobile). The user will see a normal text input field but during the data input an autocomplete popup will appear suggesting values already inserted in the same text field for previous records or for the current record. If two or more text attributes use the same Autocomplete group, the suggested values will be shared among them.  
Thanks,  
Open Foris Team


## Answer (score 0, by Fehrmann on 2018-02-20)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/607/how-to-make-autocomplete-group/1651

Dea developers, this functionality would be highly appreciated also for Collect Mobile, where typing on a small keyboard is even more time consuming then on a desktop computer!
Lutz