jquery-ui-autocomplete

Autocomplete issue into bootstrap modal

The position is right that it is “absolute”, while you need to specify this as an option to autocomplete: $( “.addresspicker” ).autocomplete( “option”, “appendTo”, “.eventInsForm” ); Where it can anchor the box with the results in any element, I have to stop it from being anchored to the form’s class! Here is a working JsFiddle!.

What does autocomplete request/server response look like?

What parameter is passed to the server You need to pass request.term to your server-side code (from the documentation): A request object, with a single property called “term”, which refers to the value currently in the text input. Basically, in your autocomplete code, you’ll have something like this: $(“#autocomplete”).autocomplete({ // request.term needs to be passed … Read more

jQuery UI autocomplete with item and id

You need to use the ui.item.label (the text) and ui.item.value (the id) properties $(‘#selector’).autocomplete({ source: url, select: function (event, ui) { $(“#txtAllowSearch”).val(ui.item.label); // display the selected text $(“#txtAllowSearchID”).val(ui.item.value); // save selected id to hidden input } }); $(‘#button’).click(function() { alert($(“#txtAllowSearchID”).val()); // get the id from the hidden input }); [Edit] You also asked how to … Read more

jQuery UI autocomplete with JSON

You need to transform the object you are getting back into an array in the format that jQueryUI expects. You can use $.map to transform the dealers object into that array. $(‘#dealerName’).autocomplete({ source: function (request, response) { $.getJSON(“/example/location/example.json?term=” + request.term, function (data) { response($.map(data.dealers, function (value, key) { return { label: value, value: key }; … Read more

Using HTML in jQuery UI autocomplete

Add this to your code: ).data( “autocomplete” )._renderItem = function( ul, item ) { return $( “<li></li>” ) .data( “item.autocomplete”, item ) .append( “<a>”+ item.label + “</a>” ) .appendTo( ul ); }; So your code becomes: <script type=”text/javascript”> $(function () { $(“#findUserIdDisplay”).autocomplete({ source: “ui_autocomplete_users_withuname.php”, minLength: 2, select: function (event, ui) { $(‘#findUserId’).val(ui.item.id); return false; } … Read more