jQuery Autocomplete .data(“autocomplete”) is undefined

Question

When I try to implement auto-complete using the code below I get an error stating:

.data(\"autocomplete\") is undefined

How ever if I remove th

Answer 1

I found the solution!

Somepeople think that "ui-autocomplete" is wrong, so they use "autocomplete" or "uiAutocomplete", but that is wrong. Actually, "ui-autocomplete" is the right way to do this.

I have the same issue you have, and I find with a friend the problem of this code. Instead:

.data('ui-autocomplete')._renderItem = function (ul, item) {
       if (!_.include(self.idArr, item.id)) {
            return $('
').data('ui-autocomplete-item', item).append('' + item.name + '').appendTo(ul);
            }
    };

Use:

._renderItem = function (ul, item) {
      if (!_.include(self.idArr, item.id)) {
         return $('
').data('ui-autocomplete-item', item).append('' + item.name + '').appendTo(ul);
           }
       };

I think combobox and autocomplete returns a data('ui-autocomplete'), so if you type .data('ui-autocomplete') you're doing something like:

.data('ui-autocomplete').data('ui-autocomplete')

What's wrong....well, actually I don't know why this don't work and why without this works, but trust me, delete .data('ui-autocomplete') and be happy!