jQuery UI Autocomplete - menu disappears on hover

Question

I\'m trying to use jQuery UI Autocomplete to bring up a list of names of people in a MySQL Database. The basic function is working - when you type in two or more letters a l

Answer 1

I had same problem and I did not use the jquery UI twice, my jquery UI was part of jquery DataTable.
My problem was solved with following code
Note: with this code we need to write code to close the UL when we do not click on UL

$(".gettingContactList").autocomplete({
     source:this.contactList,
     /*following focus function was written because when mouse
     was being hovered over the menu, the menu was disappearing*/
    focus:function(e,ui) { 
      $(e.toElement).parents().show()
    }
})