JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by orolo

JavaScript

$("#name").autocomplete({
    source: customerNames,
    minLength: 2,
    open: function(event, ui) {
        $('.ui-menu-item').each(function(key, value) {
            console.log($(value).text));
            //this returns the proper "String" I'm looking for
            
            selectedNames.push($(value).text());

        });
        console.log(selectedNames);
        //this returns the entire object like so: [<li class . .. .>String</li>, <li . . . .

    }
});