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HTML
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Autocomplete - Multiple values</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css">
<script src="http://jqueryui.com/jquery-1.7.2.js"></script>
<script src="http://jqueryui.com/ui/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
<script src="http://jqueryui.com/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
<script src="http://jqueryui.com/ui/jquery.ui.position.js"></script>
<script src="http://jqueryui.com/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqueryui.com/demos.css">
<script>
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="demo">
<div class="ui-widget">
<label for="tags">Tag programming languages: </label>
<input id="tags" size="50" />
</div>
</div><!-- End demo -->
<div class="demo-description">
<p>Usage: Type something, eg. "j"
</div><!-- End demo-description -->
</body>
</html>
JavaScript
$(function() {
var usedItems = [];
var availableTags = [
"ActionScript",
"AppleScript",
"Asp",
"BASIC",
"C",
"C++",
"Clojure",
"COBOL",
"ColdFusion",
"Erlang",
"Fortran",
"Groovy",
"Haskell",
"Java",
"JavaScript",
"Lisp",
"Perl",
"PHP",
"Python",
"Ruby",
"Scala",
"Scheme"
];
function split(val) {
return val.split(/,\s*/);
}
function extractLast(term) {
return split(term).pop();
}
$("#tags")
// don't navigate away from the field on tab when selecting an item
.bind("keydown", function(event) {
if (event.keyCode === $.ui.keyCode.TAB && $(this).data("autocomplete").menu.active) {
event.preventDefault();
}
}).autocomplete({
minLength: 0,
source: function(request, response) {
var tempTags = $('#tags').val().split(',');
// alert(tempTags);
var newNonDuplicatetag1 = $.grep(usedItems, function(el){return $.inArray(el, tempTags) != -1});
var newNonDuplicatetag = $.grep(availableTags, function(el){return $.inArray(el, newNonDuplicatetag1) == -1});
// delegate back to autocomplete, but extract the last term
response($.ui.autocomplete.filter(
newNonDuplicatetag, extractLast(request.term)));
},
focus: function() {
// prevent value inserted on focus
return false;
},
select: function(event, ui) {
var terms = split(this.value);
// remove the current input
terms.pop();
// add the selected item
usedItems.push(ui.item.value);
// alert(usedItems[1]);
terms.push(ui.item.value);
// add placeholder to get the comma-and-space at the end
terms.push("");
this.value =...