JQuery Autocomplete: Submit Form on selection?

Question

Using JQuery Autocomplete on a traditional HTML form.

Trying submit the form (the old-fashioned way) when a selection is made.

But the input box gets filled

Answer 1

$( "#searchField" ).result(function(event, data, formatted) {
  $(this).closest("form").submit();
});

The searchField is already populated with the selected field, so no need to do it in this function again.

Official documentation: http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Autocomplete/result#handler