Trigger autocomplete without submitting a form

Question

I am writing a very simple web app with three text inputs. The inputs are used to generate a result, but all the work is done in Javascript, so there is no need to submit a

Answer 1

You can use jQuery to persist autocomplete data in the localstorage when focusout and when focusin it autocompletes to the value persisted.

i.e.

$(function(){
 $('#txtElement').on('focusout',function(){
   $(this).data('fldName',$(this).val());
 }

 $('#txtElement').on('focusin',function(){
   $(this).val($(this).data('fldName'));
 }
}

You can also bind persistence logic on other events also depending on the your application requirement.