jquery-autocomplete

I'm using this JQuery autocomplete widget . How can I make it automatically open the menu when the user clicks in the text box? I want the user to see all the options. You need to trigger the search event manually and set the minLength option on the widget to zero: $("input").autocomplete({ minLength: 0, /* other options */ }).on("focus", function () { $(this).autocomplete("search", ""); }); Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/9JmVu/ I think I got it actually. If you set minLength to 0, and then trigger a search for "", it opens the menu. $(inputSelector).autocomplete( { source: this

Can any one help me how to select first element of autocomplete dropdown list if no element is selected? I tried with autoFocus. working for key board events. If I use mouse, the first element is not selecting which is auto focused. sandeep.gosavi visit here for answer $('#txt_search_city').autocomplete({ source: url, delay: 0, autoFocus: true, select: function( event, ui ) { $( "#id_city" ).val( ui.item.id ); $(this).closest('form').submit(); }, focus: function( event, ui ) { event.preventDefault(); } }); You can override the focus event to fill the textbox with the focused item's value: $("

I'm using jQuery UI autocomplete as described [http://api.jqueryui.com/autocomplete/] I need to do a few things before and after the search is executed. From reading the documentation at the above URL it describes two methods "search" and "response," that are triggered before and after the query is run - perfect. BUT, if I add these to my code, "search" works perfectly, but "response" is never called. What am I doing wrong? All my code works, no javascript errors, autocomplete works perfectly. But I just dont ever have the "response" method being triggered. $(function() { $("#tv").autocomplete

I've got a form that uses the jquery autocomplete UI plugin, http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/ , which all works sweet except when you press the enter key to select an item in the autocomplete list, it submits the form. I'm using this in a .NET webforms site, so there may be javascript handling associated with the form that .NET is injecting that is overriding the jQuery stuff (I'm speculating here). jzm You can use an event handler on it. $("#searchTextBox").keypress(function(e) { var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which); if(code == 13) { //Enter keycode return false; } }); see:

I am trying to implement auto complete via jquery auto complete plugin.A simple auto complete works for me. I am not able to achieve comma separated auto complete . Please help me with where I am going wrong. My jquery code: $(document).ready(function() { $.getJSON('/releases/new.json', function() { alert("inside getJson"); alert(data1); $('#release_tester_tokens').autocomplete({source:names,multiple: true}); }); }); Thanks, Ramya. DOK See if this walk-through helps. It includes the following code which allows the user to enter multiple search terms separated by commas : $("#<%=