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

Here is the code I used to make it work (case insensitive):

open: function (e, ui) {
      var acData = $(this).data('ui-autocomplete');
      acData.menu.element.find('li').each(function () {
         var me = $(this);
         var keywords = acData.term.split(' ').join('|');
         me.html(me.text().replace(new RegExp("(" + keywords + ")", "gi"), '$1'));
      });
   }