I am going to insert a search suggestion drop-down box using the above formula output. We can’t use space as the column separator as the Data Validation will eliminate extra space characters by default. You can change the dot symbol to hyphen and also the number of repetitions of it. I have used the REPT function to repeat the dot. This will join the values in column F with J and H and place the dot symbol as the separator 10 times. The above formula is only for a limited range. If you have a growing list, then better use this formula. So that we can use that in the drop-down as a ‘multi-column’ search suggestion. Since our data is spread across several rows and 3 columns, first we must combine the values in columns to a single column. How to Create a Search Suggestion Drop-Down in Sheets When you press enter or click any other cell, the same search suggestion will be extracted physically. You will see the filter as a search suggestion as above in real time. I am going to make use of this feature in our live filter.Īctually, the filter that I am going to make is not doing any real-time filtering. It can suggest with the starting letter of any word in a phrase in a cell.Īs you can see, typing the letter “e” will suggest all the items with the word “East” even though it’s the second word in the phrase. This search suggestion has one peculiarity. Since the Combo Box (ActiveX Control) is not available in Google Sheets to use as the search field we have to find an alternative.įortunately, unlike in Excel, Google Sheets Data Validation “list from a range” offers search suggestion in real time. Steps to Extract Rows As You Type in Google Sheets Want to see this in action? Please check this Sheet – Search Suggestion. If you want, it’s easy to switch that column later. It would work like this.įilter Rows As You Type in Google Sheets: I have set the filter to the third column that contains the “Source Country”. In Excel, the Combo Box (ActiveX Control) can be used as a search field which can transfer the value entering into it to another cell in real-time.Īs far as I know, Google Sheets doesn’t have the Combo Box feature similar to Excel. Unfortunately, that is not possible in Google Sheets. That value you can feed to a Filter formula then. To filter as you type, you must be able to get the value of the search filed in real time in another cell. In Excel, you may have seen people filtering a table as they start typing their keyword in a search field. You may want to depend on a workaround that I can say ‘almost perfect’ but not 100%. There is no straight way to filter as you type in Google Sheets.
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