jQuery UI Autocomplete Formatting for Multiple Elements

Question

I have the jQuery UI Autocomplete setup to my liking and working perfectly, but there is one fatal flaw. In my autocomplete I use a custom display like this example. I hav

Answer 1

Alternatively:

$(..).autocomplete(..).each(function () {
   $.data(this, "autocomplete")._renderItem = function (ul, item) { ... } })