Can selenium handle autocomplete

Question

I have a test case that requires typing in a partial value into an ajax based text field and verifying the list that has the expected content. If it does, then select the content. How to make this work?

Answer 1

The type command may not be enough to trigger the autocomplete. Dave Webb's suggestions are otherwise spot on.

You might need the typeKeys command, which causes slightly different JavaScript events to be fired, which may be more likely to trigger the autocomplete widget.