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

Simply call following function

setAutocomplete("#txt_User_Name","rohit");

function setAutocomplete(autocompleteId,valuetoset)
    {
        $(autocompleteId).val(valuetoset);
        $(autocompleteId).autocomplete("search", valuetoset);
        var list = $(autocompleteId).autocomplete("widget");
        $(list[0].children[0]).click();
    }