Datalist extended matching delay time

When using extended matching on a datalist control, is there a way to change (i.e., reduce) the amount of time you have to wait before the control will flush its text buffer and reset its matching?

For example, in a list with all of the US states I type "neb" and the list matches "Nebraska". If I want to type something else I have to wait several seconds to keep the control from adding the newly typed characters to the end of the "neb" string the control is currently using as a matching criterion.

Thanks in advance,

David Anderson-Dávila
Information Architect - weather.com

How do you get the datalist to match text?
Do you give the datalist focus and just start typing?

I have a datalist and I want it to match text that I type into a textbox. Is this possible?

Thanks,
John