How do you trigger autocomplete “select” event manually in jQueryUI?

Question

I\'m using jQueryUI autocomplete, and I have a function mapped to the select event, e.g.:

$(\"#someId\").autocomplete({
    source: someData,
    select: fun         


        

Answer 1

Here's what worked for me:

$(this).data('ui-autocomplete')._trigger('select', 'autocompleteselect', {item:{value:$(this).val()}});