jQuery AutoComplete Trigger Change Event

Question

How do you trigger jQuery UI\'s AutoComplete change event handler programmatically?

Hookup

$(\"#CompanyList\").autocomplete({ 
    s         


        

Answer 1

You have to manually bind the event, rather than supply it as a property of the initialization object, to make it available to trigger.

$("#CompanyList").autocomplete({ 
    source: context.companies
}).bind( 'autocompletechange', handleCompanyChanged );

then

$("#CompanyList").trigger("autocompletechange");

It's a bit of a workaround, but I'm in favor of workarounds that improve the semantic uniformity of the library!