How to highlight input words in autocomplete jquery ui

Question

Could you please help me in highlighting the typed words in the auto complete text box. i am already populating the autocomplete words and i need to just highlight the typed

Answer 1

$.ui.autocomplete.prototype._renderItem = function (ul, item) {
item.label = item.label.replace(new RegExp("(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" + $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(this.term) + ")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "gi"), "$1");
    return $("
")
            .data("item.autocomplete", item)
            .append("" + item.label + "")
            .appendTo(ul);
};

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