jQuery UI autocomplete- no results message

Question

I\'m trying to have a \"No Results\" message appear in the dropdown menu if there are no results. So for instance, if I type in \"ABCD\" into the text field, and there is n

Answer 1

Modify the function like this to check for length of data.

success: function (data) {
    if(!data.length){
        var result = [
            {
                label: 'No matches found', 
                value: response.term
            }
        ];
        response(result);
    }
    else{
        // normal response
        response($.map(data, function (item) {
            return {
                label: item.CompanyName + " (" + item.SymbolName + ")",
                value: item.CompanyName
            }
        }));
    }
}