Using ui autocomplete as a dropdown, with type in
I had been using an autocomplete plugin by bassistance. 2 months later jQuery UI added autocomplete to their list of widgets. Like many plugins out there I was unable to find an autocomplete that was easy to use for my purposes. The closest I recently came to was the sexy combo plugin. I cant remember why but it was just a tad short of what I wanted to do, and I’m still quite a javascript novice.
I came up with a way to use the jQuery UI autocomplete widget as a <select> that you could also type in something if the choices in the dropdown didn’t fit your needs.
This example uses a local data source, but you can come up with creative ways to use remote JSON sources if you like.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
// dropdown/ auto suggest
$(".ui_dropdown").autocomplete({
minLength: 0,
delay: 0
});
$(".ui_dropdown").click(function(){
var input = $(this);
var inputID = input.attr('id');
// close if already visible
if (input.autocomplete("widget").is(":visible")) {
input.autocomplete("close");
return false;
}
// set source(s)
var myData = '';
if(inputID == 'input1'){
myData = ["foo","bar","hello","world"];
} else {
myData = ["1","2","3","4"];
}
// load source
input.autocomplete({
source: myData
});
// fire search event
input.autocomplete("search", "");
input.focus();
return false;
});
});
</script>
In this script I am using the input id’s to define the data source.
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So glad they finally rolled this into the core jquery UI. Nice tutorial – just what i was looking for.
Thumbs up! You did have a nice tutorial there and I find it informative and so easy to follow. I am going to try it. Thanks!
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