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

If we want to trigger search of something particularly:

$('#search-term').autocomplete('search', 'searching term');

or just

$('#search-term').autocomplete('search');

$('#search-term').autocomplete({
    ...
    minLength: 0, // with this setting
    ...
});