jQueryUI 1.9 jQueryUI 1.9 has blessed the autocomplete widget with the response event, which we can leverage to detect if no results were returned: Triggered after a search completes, before the menu is shown. Useful for local manipulation of suggestion data, where a custom source option callback is not required. This event is always triggered … Read more
Add $(this).val(”); return false; to the end of your select function to clear the field and cancel the event 🙂 This will prevent the value from being updated. You can see how it works around line 109 here. The code in there checks for false specifically: if ( false !== self._trigger( “select”, event, { item: … Read more
Try like this $(“#drop”).change(function () { var end = this.value; var firstDropVal = $(‘#pick’).val(); });
Here is the proper documentation for the jQueryUI widget. There isn’t a built-in parameter for limiting max results, but you can accomplish it easily: $(“#auto”).autocomplete({ source: function(request, response) { var results = $.ui.autocomplete.filter(myarray, request.term); response(results.slice(0, 10)); } }); You can supply a function to the source parameter and then call slice on the filtered array. … Read more
Yes, you can if you monkey-patch autocomplete. In the autocomplete widget included in v1.8rc3 of jQuery UI, the popup of suggestions is created in the _renderMenu function of the autocomplete widget. This function is defined like this: _renderMenu: function( ul, items ) { var self = this; $.each( items, function( index, item ) { self._renderItem( … Read more
Edit: typeahead is no longer bundled in Bootstrap 3. Check out: Where is the typeahead JavaScript module in Bootstrap 3 RC 1? typeahead.js As of Bootstrap 2.1.0 up to 2.3.2, you can do this: $(‘.typeahead’).typeahead({ source: function (query, process) { return $.get(‘/typeahead’, { query: query }, function (data) { return process(data.options); }); } }); To … Read more