Highlight jQuery UI autocomplete

Question

I\'m using the autocomplete function in jQuery UI 1.8.6. And I want to highlight matching results. But for some reason when I use a regex to add \"strong\" tags around the m

Answer 1

$.extend($.ui.autocomplete.prototype, {
    _renderItem: function (ul, item) {
        var searchMask = this.element.val();
        var regEx = new RegExp(searchMask, "ig");
        var replaceMask = "$&";
        var html = item.label.replace(regEx, replaceMask);

        return $("
")
            .data("item.autocomplete", item)
            .append($("").html(html))
            .appendTo(ul);
    }
});