Why am I getting this JS error?

Question

I get this JS error:

jquery-1.5.1.min.js:16Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property \'_renderItem\' of undefined
d.d.extend._Deferred.f.resolveWithjquery-1.5.         


        

Answer 1

why not just wrap the autocomplete code in a check to see if that element exists?

something like this:

if ($'#myElementId').length) {
    $('#myElementId').data( "autocomplete" )._renderItem = function( ul, item ) {
         return $( "
" )
           .data( "item.autocomplete", item )
           .append( "" + item.topic.name + "" )
           .appendTo( ul );
    };
}