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Force AutoCompleteExtender dropdown to redisplay via Javascript

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Make sure that you bind your events in the $(document).ready() function. The following works correctly

      <html>
       <head>
        <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript">
            </script>
            <script>
             $(document).ready(function(){
    $("#radioButtonList input").change(function() {

        var selectedValue = $(this).val();

        if (selectedValue == 0) {
           $find('autoCompleteExtender').set_serviceMethod('AutoCompleteExtenderMethod1');

        }
        else if (selectedValue == 1) {
          $find('autoCompleteExtender').set_serviceMethod('AutoCompleteExtenderMethod2');

        }
        else if (selectedValue == 2) {
          $find('autoCompleteExtender').set_serviceMethod('AutoCompleteExtenderMethod3');

        }
//force click on text box
     $('#textbox').click()
      $('#textbox').focus();
    });
//handle click event
    $("#textbox").click(function(){
     alert("textbox clicked")
     //handle your refresh action for the textbox here
    })
    })

    </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    <input id="textbox" type="text" value="test">
    <div id="radioButtonList">
    <input type="radio" value="0">
    <input type="radio" value="1">
    <input type="radio" value="2">
    </div>
    </body>
    </html>

Michal 2010-10-20 21:27:22

Absolutely true, and something that I was already doing - sorry, I should have been clearer. The jQuery events _are_ firing correctly in each of the above cases, they're just not causing the autocomplete list to reappear when they do. I haven't struck the right combination of events that the autocompleteextender is expecting to force the list to appear yet. Will edit accordingly.

Bambi 2010-10-20 21:36:42

Try executing showPopup() on your autocomplete object e.g. YourAutoCompleteObject.showPopup() or $find('autoCompleteExtender').showPopup in the click handler for the textbox.

Michal 2010-10-20 22:22:31

Ahhhhh, that's done it. It wasn't actually showPopup() that did it, but further investigation in that area led me to _onTimerTick(), which wasn't getting called after the radio buttons were clicked. Thanks!

Bambi 2010-10-21 01:13:28

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