How can I add jquery ui autocomplete to a dynamically created element?

Question

I\'m trying to get jQueryUI AutoComplete to trigger on dynamically created form input elements, but it\'s not working. I\'ve tried using keyup.autocomplete and keydown.autoc

Answer 1

This works:

$(function() {
  var options = {
    source: [
      "ActionScript",
      "AppleScript",
      "Asp",
      "BASIC",
      "C",
      "C++",
      "Clojure",
      "COBOL",
      "ColdFusion",
      "Erlang",
      "Fortran",
      "Groovy",
      "Haskell",
      "Java",
      "JavaScript",
      "Lisp",
      "Perl",
      "PHP",
      "Python",
      "Ruby",
      "Scala",
      "Scheme"
    ],
    minLength: 2
  };

  $("input.searchInput").live("keydown.autocomplete", function() {
    $(this).autocomplete(options);
  });

  var addInput = function() {
    var inputHTML = " ";
    $(inputHTML).appendTo("form#myForm");
    $("input.searchInput:last").focus();
  };

  if (!$("form#myForm").find("input.searchInput").length) {
    addInput();
  }

  $("input#addButton").click(addInput);
});