I got the following code from jquery ui demo. I did some minor modifications to that. Here is the modified code.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Autoplete - Custom data and display</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery/ui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//code.jquery/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<!--link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css"-->
<style>
#project-label {
display: block;
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
#project-description {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
var projects = [
{
id: "jquery",
name: "jQuery",
location: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library"
},
{
id: "jquery-ui",
name: "jQuery UI",
location: "the official user interface library for jQuery"
},
{
id: "sizzlejs",
name: "Sizzle JS",
location: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine"
}
];
$( "#project" ).autoplete({
minLength: 0,
source: projects,
focus: function( event, ui ) {
$( "#project" ).val( ui.item.name );
return false;
},
select: function( event, ui ) {
$( "#project" ).val( ui.item.name );
$( "#project-id" ).val( ui.item.id );
$( "#project-description" ).html( ui.item.location );
return false;
}
})
.data( "ui-autoplete" )._renderItem = function( ul, item ) {
return $( "<li>" )
.append( "<a>" + item.name + "<br>" + item.location + "</a>" )
.appendTo( ul );
};
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="project-label">Select a project (type "j" for a start):</div>
<input id="project">
<input type="hidden" id="project-id">
<p id="project-description"></p>
</body>
</html>
Now jquery pops up autoplete suggestions only when 'j' key is pressed. for other keys it doesn't do anything. what am I doing wrong here?
I got the following code from jquery ui demo. I did some minor modifications to that. Here is the modified code.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Autoplete - Custom data and display</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery./ui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//code.jquery./jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery./ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<!--link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css"-->
<style>
#project-label {
display: block;
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
#project-description {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
var projects = [
{
id: "jquery",
name: "jQuery",
location: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library"
},
{
id: "jquery-ui",
name: "jQuery UI",
location: "the official user interface library for jQuery"
},
{
id: "sizzlejs",
name: "Sizzle JS",
location: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine"
}
];
$( "#project" ).autoplete({
minLength: 0,
source: projects,
focus: function( event, ui ) {
$( "#project" ).val( ui.item.name );
return false;
},
select: function( event, ui ) {
$( "#project" ).val( ui.item.name );
$( "#project-id" ).val( ui.item.id );
$( "#project-description" ).html( ui.item.location );
return false;
}
})
.data( "ui-autoplete" )._renderItem = function( ul, item ) {
return $( "<li>" )
.append( "<a>" + item.name + "<br>" + item.location + "</a>" )
.appendTo( ul );
};
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="project-label">Select a project (type "j" for a start):</div>
<input id="project">
<input type="hidden" id="project-id">
<p id="project-description"></p>
</body>
</html>
Now jquery pops up autoplete suggestions only when 'j' key is pressed. for other keys it doesn't do anything. what am I doing wrong here?
It is because of the default search mechanism, it filters the contents based on the fields label or value.
With your custom data, it is better to implement the source method yourself like,
$("#project").autoplete({
minLength: 0,
source: function (request, response) {
var matcher = new RegExp($.ui.autoplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i");
var array = $.grep(projects, function (value) {
return matcher.test(value.id) || matcher.test(value.name) || matcher.test(value.location);
});
response(array);
},
focus: function (event, ui) {
$("#project").val(ui.item.name);
return false;
},
select: function (event, ui) {
$("#project").val(ui.item.name);
$("#project-id").val(ui.item.id);
$("#project-description").html(ui.item.location);
return false;
}
})
.data("ui-autoplete")._renderItem = function (ul, item) {
return $("<li>")
.append("<a>" + item.name + "<br>" + item.location + "</a>")
.appendTo(ul);
};
Demo: Fiddle
You must have a value attribute on your projects array:
var projects = [
{
id: "jquery",
name: "jQuery",
value:"jQuery",
location: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library"
},
...
{
id: "sizzlejs",
name: "sizzle JS",
value:"sizzle JS",
location: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine"
}
];
This way the search engine is going to work.