Google maps Places API V3 autocomplete - select first option on enter (and have it stay that way) [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try this: http://jsfiddle.net/pbbhH/60/

Basically abstracted the selection logic to a new function selectFirstResult(). Then called this function on both pressing enter and losing focus on text.

 function selectFirstResult() {
    infowindow.close();
    var firstResult = $(".pac-container .pac-item:first").text();

    var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    geocoder.geocode({"address":firstResult }, function(results, status) {
        if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
            var lat = results[0].geometry.location.lat(),
                lng = results[0].geometry.location.lng(),
                placeName = results[0].address_components[0].long_name,
                latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);

            moveMarker(placeName, latlng);
            $("input").val(firstResult);
        }
    });   
 }

EDIT: made minor change per @Ben's comment below.

Answer 2

This is right but if u press enter and you have already selected an item this will select the first. So use this code:

function selectFirstResult() {
infowindow.close();
if ( $('.pac-selected').length < 0){ // this line

var firstResult = $(".pac-container .pac-item:first").text();
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode({"address":firstResult }, function(results, status) {
    if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
        var lat = results[0].geometry.location.lat(),
            lng = results[0].geometry.location.lng(),
            placeName = results[0].address_components[0].long_name,
            latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);

        moveMarker(placeName, latlng);
        $("input").val(firstResult);
    }
});
}   
}