jQuery UI autocomplete with item and id

Question

I have the following script which works with a 1 dimensional array. Is it possible to get this to work with a 2 dimensional array? Then whichever item is selected, by clic

Answer 1

You need to use the ui.item.label (the text) and ui.item.value (the id) properties

$('#selector').autocomplete({
    source: url,
    select: function (event, ui) {
        $("#txtAllowSearch").val(ui.item.label); // display the selected text
        $("#txtAllowSearchID").val(ui.item.value); // save selected id to hidden input
    }
});

$('#button').click(function() {
    alert($("#txtAllowSearchID").val()); // get the id from the hidden input
}); 

[Edit] You also asked how to create the multi-dimensional array...

You should be able create the array like so:

var $local_source = [[0,"c++"], [1,"java"], [2,"php"], [3,"coldfusion"], 
                     [4,"javascript"], [5,"asp"], [6,"ruby"]];

Read more about how to work with multi-dimensional arrays here: http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/literal-notation2.shtml