Autocomplete does not show words starting with the letters being typed

Question

Hello,

It appears that the autocomplete has changed for some of my dropdown list columns. It shows all of the words that contain the letters being typed instead of just the words that begin with the letters being typed.

For example, I used to be able to type "US" in my "Country" column and the autocomplete would show "USA". I could hit "Enter" to select "USA" and carry on.

Now when I type "US" in that column it shows a list with all of the words containing "US", starting with "Australia".

How can I get it to change back to showing just the words that start with letters being typed so I don't have to type the entire word for each column?

Chris Wolfe · Answer

Thirding this. Either switch it back or give us the option to switch back please

Jonathan123 · Answer

Seconding this. Previously I could type one to 3 letters then tab to complete. This has slowed down entry. Maybe give users an option to select their method of choice for dropdown columns?

Jackie9 · Answer

Unfortunately, that does not work for me. I have many columns with long lists. In some instances, we have to use the initials which makes us have to scroll down to find the initials.

To be honest, this is rather infuriating because it is greatly slowing my data entry process and creating a lot of entry errors because it is not just populating the words that start with letters I'm typing.  Why have a dropdown list if this is how it's going to autocomplete.

When I start typing letters in a dropdown list column, it should only bring up the words that BEGIN with the letters I'm typing NOT CONTAIN. If I type "US", "Australia" should NOT be an option. If I wanted "Australia", I would start typing "AU" - not "US". This doesn't make any sense.