The Advanced Search Bar enables auto complete for the text fields.
![Last Name search field with Auto Complete enabled. Last Name search field with Auto Complete enabled.](/blog/2012/06/disabling-auto-complete-in-search-bar/image02.png)
The feature may be disabled when necessary.
Start the Project Designer. In the Project Explorer, double-click on Employees / container1 / view1 / grid1 / LastName data field node.
![LastName data field on 'view1' of Employees controller. LastName data field on 'view1' of Employees controller.](/blog/2012/06/disabling-auto-complete-in-search-bar/image04.png)
Make the following change:
Property | New Value |
Search Options | $disableautocomplete
|
Press OK to save the data field. On the toolbar, press Browse to generate the application.
When a web browser window opens, navigate to Employees page and open the advanced search bar. The Last Name search field no longer has Auto Complete capabilities enabled.
![Last Name search field with Auto Complete disabled. Last Name search field with Auto Complete disabled.](/blog/2012/06/disabling-auto-complete-in-search-bar/image06.png)