jquery UI autocomplete
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HTML
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.13/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.13/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="myDiv">
<label for="project">projects (j to see results): </label>
<input id="project" />
</div>
CSS
#myDiv
{
margin-top:100px;
}
JavaScript
var projects = [
{
value: "jquery",
label: "jQuery",
desc: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library",
icon: "jquery_32x32.png"},
{
value: "jquery-ui",
label: "jQuery UI",
desc: "the official user interface library for jQuery",
icon: "jqueryui_32x32.png"},
{
value: "sizzlejs",
label: "Sizzle JS",
desc: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine",
icon: "sizzlejs_32x32.png"}
];
$("#project").autocomplete({
minLength: 0,
source: projects,
focus: function(event, ui) {
$("#project").val(ui.item.label);
return false;
},
select: function(event, ui) {
alert(ui.item.desc);
return false;
}
}).data("autocomplete")._renderItem = function(ul, item) {
return $("<li></li>").data("item.autocomplete", item).append("<a>" + item.label + "<br>" + item.desc + "</a>").appendTo(ul);
};