you can use Jquery and use the autocomplete option..<div><br></div><div><a href="http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/">http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/</a></div><div><br></div><div>you will need the cache all the options first in this case.</div>
<div><br></div><div>regards,</div><div>Imran<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Diego M. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oo_O2_oo@hotmail.com">oo_O2_oo@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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*I want to build the same example here*<br>
<a href="http://ian01.geog.psu.edu/geoserver/www/search/gazetteer.html" target="_blank">http://ian01.geog.psu.edu/geoserver/www/search/gazetteer.html</a><br>
<a href="http://ian01.geog.psu.edu/geoserver_docs/apps/gaz/index.html" target="_blank">http://ian01.geog.psu.edu/geoserver_docs/apps/gaz/index.html</a><br>
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*but am not using GeoExt*<br>
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