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Creating a Combobox Autocomplete Input Field Compatible with Internet Explorer 8+ using jQuery Issues with Built-in Combobox functionality in Visualforce If you try to use the off-the-shelf apex tag to using a inputText field to create a combobox by passing in a list of comma-separated values you will get a nasty surprise when you try to open the page in Internet Explorer. Even though IE is officially supported, it will not display correctly. Apex Default Combobox Tag <apex:inputtext list="{!getAccounts}" value="{!accountName}"></apex:inputtext> A great way to get around this limitation is to use the jQuery combo box. The jQuery combo box is not a standard widget and will not be packed into the jQuery UI by default, but you can configure it with a reasonable amount of code. You will need the following libs: jQuery javascript library - jQuery jQuery UI javascript library - jQuery UI Avoid conflicts wit...

Getting Started with Apex Development on the Salesforce Force.com Platform using the Force.com IDE Below I will describe the steps to getting started using the SFDC plugin in Eclipse to start developing custom Apex classes and Visualforce pages for Salesforce.  This guide does not focus on configuration or "click" based development. You may prefer to use the built-in developer console instead of the Eclipse IDE. Download and Install the Eclipse IDE Latest version of Eclipse as of 4/25/2014:   Eclipse Standard 4.3.2 for Windows 64 bit Download Page:   http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Install the Force.com Plugin for Eclipse From the top menu, Click  Help > Install New Software Install the Force.com Plugin Click  Add Under the  Add Repository  message Set the  Name  to "Force.com IDE" and  Set  the Location  to " http://media.developerforce.com/force-ide/eclipse42 " then ...