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

For those who would rather not change their existing form functionality, you can use a second form to receive copies of all the form values and then submit to a blank page before your main form submits. Here is a fully testable HTML document using JQuery Mobile demonstrating the solution.

The save_autofill function just needs to be called on your main form submit button. If you have a scripted function that submits your form, place that call after the save_autofill call. You must have a named textbox in your hidden_form for each one in your main form.

If your site uses SSL, then you must change the URL for about:blank with https://about:blank.