JQuery Autocomplete Where the Results are Links

Question

I am trying to create a JQuery Autocomplete box where the words being suggested for autcomplete are links (similar to what happens on Facebook or Quora).

Basically,

Answer 1

This is simple. Change your source to an array of objects, such as:

var source = [ { value: "www.foo.com",
                 label: "Spencer Kline"
               },
               { value: "www.example.com",
                 label: "James Bond"
               },
               ...
             ];

The just use the select method to redirect to the 'value', e.g.:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("input#autocomplete").autocomplete({
        source: source,
        select: function( event, ui ) { 
            window.location.href = ui.item.value;
        }
    });
});