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HTML

<script src="http://twitter.github.io/typeahead.js/releases/latest/typeahead.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
type <strong> technology </strong>here
<br />
<br />
<div class="container">
    <div class="col-lg-6">
        <div class="input-group">
            <input type="text" class="typeahead form-control" placeholder="Select category ..." />
        </div>
         <ul class="dropdown-menu">
              <li id="one"><a href="#">Sports</a></li>
              <li id="two"><a href="#">Entertainment</a></li>
              <li id="three"><a href="#">Politics</a></li>
             <li id="four"><a href="#">Technolohy</a></li>
              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
            </ul>
    </div>
    <!-- /.col-lg-6 -->
</div>
<!-- /.row -->

CSS

.container {
    width:90%;
    margin:10% auto;
}
.dropdown-menu{
    width:90%;
    margin:0 auto;
}
.twitter-typeahead .tt-query, .twitter-typeahead .tt-hint {
    margin-bottom: 0;
    width: 260px !important;
}
.twitter-typeahead .tt-hint {
    display: block;
    height: 34px;
    padding: 6px 12px;
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 1.428571429;
    border: 1px solid transparent;
    border-radius:4px;
}
.twitter-typeahead .hint-small {
    height: 30px;
    padding: 5px 10px;
    font-size: 12px;
    border-radius: 3px;
    line-height: 1.5;
}
.twitter-typeahead .hint-large {
    height: 45px;
    padding: 10px 16px;
    font-size: 18px;
    border-radius: 6px;
    line-height: 1.33;
}
.tt-dropdown-menu {
    min-width: 260px;
    margin-top: 2px;
    padding: 5px 0;
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
    *border-right-width: 2px;
    *border-bottom-width: 2px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 6px;
    -moz-border-radius: 6px;
    border-radius: 6px;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
    box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
    -webkit-background-clip: padding-box;
    -moz-background-clip: padding;
    background-clip: padding-box;
}
.tt-suggestion {
    display: block;
    padding: 3px 20px;
}
.tt-suggestion.tt-is-under-cursor {
    color: #fff;
    background-color: #0081c2;
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0088cc, #0077b3);
    background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, from(#0088cc), to(#0077b3));
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #0088cc, #0077b3);
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #0088cc, #0077b3);
    background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #0088cc, #0077b3);
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ff0088cc', endColorstr='#ff0077b3', GradientType=0)
}
.tt-suggestion.tt-is-under-cursor a {
...

JavaScript

$('.typeahead').typeahead({
    name: 'Some name',
    local: ['Sports', 'Entertainment', 'Politics', 'Technolohy', 'Technolohy Again']
})
$('.typeahead.input-sm').siblings('input.tt-hint').addClass('hint-small');
$('.typeahead.input-lg').siblings('input.tt-hint').addClass('hint-large');

$(".typeahead").click(function () {
    var defaultval = $(".typeahead").val();
    $('.dropdown-menu').show(1200);
});


$('ul.dropdown-menu >li').on('click', function(){
    var idd = $(this).attr('id');
    var val = ($("#"+idd).text());
    $(".typeahead").val(val);
    $('ul.dropdown-menu').hide(600);
});