There are times when you’ll need an autocomplete textbox. Autocomplete textbox makes the user’s life easier. It shows suggestions as the user types. In case of a web browser, if you type “goo” it will automatically show all the suggestions starting with or containing “goo” like “Google, Goofy” etc. It really helps both you or your users when hunting for something. Of course, it seems difficult to set up, but the reality is very different. So whether they’re typing in “find O2 UK BROADBAND” or you’re hunting for “that holiday video”, then your users are likely to find it a lot faster. Enough talk! Lets get on with it.

Fortunately, textbox has a built-in autocomplete feature! We don’t have to do any coding.

You can either set it up from the Designer (if you are using Visual Studio or #Develop) or do it via code. It is simple both ways. Lets do it!
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