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HTML
<div class="ui-widget">
<select name="qsubject" type="select" id="qsubject">
<option value="1">
Sample 1
</option>
<option value="2">
Sample 2
</option>
<option value="3">
Sample 3
</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="ui-widget">
<select name="qsubject2" type="select" id="qsubject2">
<option value="1">
Sample 1
</option>
<option value="2">
Sample 2
</option>
<option value="3">
Sample 3
</option>
</select>
</div>
CSS
.ui-button { margin-left: -1px; }
.ui-button-icon-only .ui-button-text { padding: 0.09em; }
.ui-autocomplete-input { margin: 0; font-weight: 600; padding: 0.1em 0 0.1em 0.45em; width: 300px; }
JavaScript
(function($) {
$.widget("ui.combobox", {
_create: function() {
var self = this,
select = this.element.hide(),
selected = select.children(":selected"),
value = selected.val() ? selected.text() : "";
var input = this.input = $("<input>").insertAfter(select).val(value).autocomplete({
delay: 0,
minLength: 0,
source: function(request, response) {
var matcher = new RegExp($.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i");
response(select.children("option").map(function() {
var text = $(this).text();
if (this.value && (!request.term || matcher.test(text))) return {
label: text.replace(
new RegExp("(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" + $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term) + ")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "gi"), "<strong>$1</strong>"),
value: text.trim(),
option: this
};
}));
},
select: function(event, ui) {
ui.item.option.selected = true;
self._trigger("selected", event, {
item: ui.item.option
});
},
change: function(event, ui) {
if (!ui.item) {
var matcher = new RegExp("^" + $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex($(this).val()) + "$", "i"),
valid = false;
select.children("option").each(function() {
if ($(this).text().match(matcher)) {
this.selected = valid = true;
return false;
}
});
if (!valid) {
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