diff --git a/include/lib/itext.class.php b/include/lib/itext.class.php
index b0fb54394..5f7ce2d0c 100644
--- a/include/lib/itext.class.php
+++ b/include/lib/itext.class.php
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
     var $pattern; /*!< $pattern HTML pattern */
     var $maxlength; /*!< HTML maxlength */
     var $require ; /*!< $require (bool)*/
+    protected $datalist; /*!< $datalist (double array) 
+     * each row has a key (value) and a label used with make_datalist */
+     
     function __construct($name='',$value='',$p_id="")
     {
         parent::__construct($name,$value,$p_id);
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
         $this->css_size="";
         $this->pattern="";
         $this->maxlength="";
+        $this->datalist=null;
     }
     /*!
     \brief show the html  input of the widget
@@ -87,12 +91,12 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
         if ($this->maxlength !="" ) {
             $maxlength=sprintf(' maxlength="%s" ',$this->maxlength);
         }
-        
+        $datalist=(empty($this->datalist ))?"":sprintf('list="dl_%s"',$this->id);
         if ( ! isset ($this->css_size) || empty ($this->css_size))
         {
             
             $r=  sprintf('<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" %s id="%s" name="%s" value="%s" placeholder="%s" title="%s"
-                     size="%s"   %s %s  %s %s %s %s %s>
+                     size="%s"   %s %s  %s %s %s %s %s %s>
                     ',$this->style,
                     $this->id,
                     $this->name,
@@ -106,11 +110,12 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
                     $require,
                     $strAttribute,
                     $pattern,
-                    $maxlength
+                    $maxlength,
+                    $datalist
                     );
         } else {
             $r=  sprintf('<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" %s id="%s" name="%s" value="%s" placeholder="%s" title="%s"
-                     style="width:%s ;"  %s %s  %s %s %s>
+                     style="width:%s ;"  %s %s  %s %s %s %s>
                     ',$this->style,
                     $this->id,
                     $this->name,
@@ -124,17 +129,27 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
                     $require,
                     $strAttribute,
                     $pattern,
-                    $maxlength
+                    $maxlength,
+                    $datalist
                     );
         }
 
         /* add tag for column if inside a table */
         if ( $this->table == 1 )		  $r='<td>'.$r.'</td>';
-
+        $r.=$this->make_datalist();
         return $r;
 
     }
-    /*!\brief print in html the readonly value of the widget*/
+    public function get_datalist() {
+        return $this->datalist;
+    }
+
+    public function set_datalist($datalist) {
+        $this->datalist = $datalist;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+        /*!\brief print in html the readonly value of the widget*/
     public function display()
     {
         $t= ((isset($this->title)))?'title="'.$this->title.'"   ':' ';
@@ -173,4 +188,21 @@ class IText extends HtmlInput
     static public function test_me()
     {
     }
+    /**
+     * @brief add a datalist 
+     * @param $array (double array) each row has 2 keys 0 => stored value 1=>label
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function make_datalist()
+    {
+        if ( empty($this->datalist)) return "";
+        $r=sprintf('<datalist id="dl_%s"">',$this->id);
+        foreach ($this->datalist as $item) {
+            $r.=sprintf('<option value="%s">%s %s</option>'
+                ,$item[0],$item[1]
+                ,htmlentities($item[1]));
+        }
+        $r.='</datalist>';
+        return $r;
+    }
 }