Is there any way to remove the drop down lists when using ixlookup?

I have a very large table which has a field which is indexed and on which my users wish to search but they do not wish to choose from a drop down list, and in fact if they click on the drop down by mistake it takes ages to resolve the various possibilities so it appears to them as if the system has hung.

I have an edit line where the user enters the start of the search word. Then add a "]" to the search and use btree.extract to locate valid entries. Then display popup if results are found.

I have created a subroutine called abbreviation_lookup and use this routine regularly to perform this search.

Hope this helps.

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