Is an editable select box the right way?

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Published on 2010-03-16T13:43:00Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 13:46 UTC
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I have a scenario where a user is emailing another user in an HTML based web app.

For the To: field, the user may select one of a pre-defined list of emails OR enter their own ignoring the pre-defined options.

What would be the best way of doing this from a UI point of view? I've looked at editable select boxes using jQuery but none seem to let you enter your own option.

Is there some other UI mechanism that would work here?

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