AutoFill-ology - Interesting how AutoFill works on Facebook

example of Facebook's auto-fill
@mythociate (21437)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
October 16, 2018 8:27am CST
I'm sure you know "AutoFill": how--when you're typing into a search-engine or sometimes in a text-message or email-address etc.--a little pop-up (or is it 'drop-down) beneath your text will give you a few options to instantly finish the word rather than typing the rest of it yourself. The autofill I'm thinking-of right now is 'the Locations text-bar when adding events to my "Alt-Weekly Advertisements"-calendar.' https://www.facebook.com/groups/OklahomaVites/?ref=bookmarks Posting an event, getting to the 'Location'-textbar; I'll type in a few letters, and a short list of 'Facebook-pages and -profiles' will drop-down beneath it. It's interesting; because sometimes I'll see the page (of the Location I'm posting about) after typing only two-or-three letters, but then it'll be "crowded-out" by other location-pages if I type a few more letters (rather than continuing to display the place I'm typing-in) I guess I'm wondering 'what the auto-fill rules are' for Facebook-pages & -groups & -profiles
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
16 Oct 18
I think that depends on the setting you have on your devise or computer - Mine does not do that, as I have set it at manual - so nothing comes up auto when putting in a few letters
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@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
23 Dec 18
are you from indonesia?
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
27 Dec 18
no, as indicated right next to my 'little picture' (Oklahoma is a State in the USA)
@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
27 Dec 18
@mythociate because your post picture is of indonesian university
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
28 Dec 18
@nawala123 That ... that's probably the best picture that came up from 'an image-search for "AutoFill on Facebook" on Bing'
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