This autofill function for a text box that I found on is causing some display issues. When typing in a letter, the popup with suggestions shifts the rest of the content below it. How can I resolve this issue? I have attempted to use z-index without success.
<!--<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Ajax Auto Suggest</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.2.1.pack.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function lookup(inputString) {
if(inputString.length == 0) {
// Hide the suggestion box.
$('#suggestions').hide();
} else {
$.post("rpc.php", {queryString: ""+inputString+""}, function(data){
if(data.length >0) {
$('#suggestions').show();
$('#autoSuggestionsList').html(data);
}
});
}
} // lookup
function fill(thisValue) {
$('#inputString').val(thisValue);
setTimeout("$('#suggestions').hide();", 200);
}
</script>
<style type="text/css">
body {
font-family: Helvetica;
font-size: 11px;
color: #000;
}
h3 {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
.suggestionsBox {
position: relative;
left: 30px;
margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
width: 200px;
background-color: #212427;
-moz-border-radius: 7px;
-webkit-border-radius: 7px;
border: 2px solid #000;
color: #fff;
}
.suggestionList {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
.suggestionList li {
margin: 0px 0px 3px 0px;
padding: 3px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.suggestionList li:hover {
background-color: #659CD8;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<form>
<div>
Type your county:
<br />
<input type="text" size="30" value="" id="inputString" onkeyup="lookup(this.value);" onblur="fill();" />
</div>
<div class="suggestionsBox" id="suggestions" style="display: none;">
<img src="upArrow.png" style="position: relative; top: -12px; left: 30px;" alt="upArrow" />
<div class="suggestionList" id="autoSuggestionsList">
</div>
</div>
HERE
</form>
</div>