Twitter Bootstrap Typeahead - Id & Label

Question

I\'m using Bootstrap 2.1.1 and jQuery 1.8.1 and trying to use Typeahead\'s functionality.

I try to display a label and use an id li

Answer 1

To clarify what I was saying in my comment. If you wanted multiple type aheads on the same page you need to define each in a function and create a separate map variable for them.

function initFromField() {
    var map;
    $('#from:input.autocomplete').typeahead({
        source: function(query, process) {
            map = {};
            var data = [{"id":1,"label":"machin"},{"id":2,"label":"truc"}] // Or get your JSON dynamically and load it into this variable
            objects = constructMap(data, map);
            process(objects);
        },
        updater: function(item) {
            $('#hidden-from-input').val(map[item].id);
            return item;
        }
    });
}

function initToField() {
    var map;
    $('#to:input.autocomplete').typeahead({
        source: function(query, process) {
            objects = [];
            map = {};
            var data = [{"id":1,"label":"machin"},{"id":2,"label":"truc"}] // Or get your JSON dynamically and load it into this variable
            objects = constructMap(data, map);
            process(objects);
        },
        updater: function(item) {
            $('#hidden-to-input').val(map[item].id);
            return item;
        }
    });
}

function constructMap(data, map) {
    var objects = [];
    $.each(data, function(i, object) {
        map[object.label] = object;
        objects.push(object.label);
    });
    return objects;
}

$(function initFields() {
    initFromField();
    initToField();
});

Note how I scoped the map variable inside the two field initialization functions. This is important, it makes sure the same map variable is not used by both input fields.