Rails spinoffs - Jul 2005 - Shouldn''t use autocomplete for absolute-positioned elements?

I''d like to tap in to the expertise here on this list.  The  
autocompletion box at raildock.mytechsupport.com is a bit of a hack  
right now--the drop-down box is quite a ways off from where it should  
be, and it would be even further off if I hadn''t hacked controls.js  
to subtract a few pixels from its location on screen.

Is there some guidelines for where and how to place a to-be- 
autocompleted text field in the DOM?  The RailDock textfield is  
currently absolutely positioned which I suspect is causing problems.

Thank you,
Duane Johnson
(canadaduane)