Google Autocomplete Places API not triggering event on change via TAB

Question

Per the Google Autocomplete Places API documentation, the getPlace() call should return a Places object with all the location data, or, if that place doesn\'t e

Answer 1

The following expands on @MrUpsidown's solution but tries to avoid messing with the user when they click on an item in the dropdown as mentioned by @Jkk.jonah

// Trigger search on blur
google.maps.event.addDomListener(document.getElementById("pac-input"), 'blur', function() {
  if (jQuery('.pac-item:hover').length === 0 ) {
    google.maps.event.trigger(this, 'focus', {});
    google.maps.event.trigger(this, 'keydown', {
        keyCode: 13
    });
  } 
});