jQuery UI Autocomplete disable Select & Close events

Question

I\'m using jQuery UI\'s Autocomplete slightly differently than it was probably created to do.

Basically I want to keep all the same functionality, the only differenc

Answer 1

Taking inspiration from Andrews solution, I found a way to keep autocomplete open on selection with less impact on core functionality:

var selected;  //flag indicating a selection has taken place

var $input = $("input").autocomplete({
    source: ['Hello', 'Goodbye', 'Foo', 'Bar'],
    select: function( event, ui ) {
        selected = true;
    }
});

//Override close method - see link below for details
(function(){
   var originalCloseMethod = $input.data("autocomplete").close;
    $input.data("autocomplete").close = function(event) {
        if (!selected){
            //close requested by someone else, let it pass
            originalCloseMethod.apply( this, arguments );
        }
        selected = false;
    };
})();

So the idea is to neuter close method when appropriate, as indicated by selected flag. Having selected flag in global name space probably isn't the best idea, but that's for someone else to improve on :-).

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