jquery-autocomplete

jquery autocomplete with servlet

how to use jquery autocomplete with a servlet please provide a brief example. $("#a").autocomplete("What i need to write hear if i want to retrieve data from a servlet"); ...

How to remove value from hidden field using jquery.autocomplete

I have a page with two inputs: users_list and users_ids. jquery.autocomplete is used to autocomplete the users_list. users_ids is hidden field. When the user is selected and added to the users_list his id is added to the users_ids. Everything works fine. But the question is how to remove the value from user_ids if the user is removed fro...

jquery-autocomplete does not work with my django app.

Hi everybody, I have a problem with the jquery-autocomplete pluging and my django script. I want an easy to use autocomplete plugin. And for what I see this (http://code.google.com/p/jquery-autocomplete/) one seems very usefull and easy. For the django part I use this (http://code.google.com/p/django-ajax-selects/) I modified it a littl...

jQuery autocomplete "collateral damage" in other fields

I have a jquery autocomplete field working fine followed by a date input field. Whenever a user selects an item from autocomplete list it correctly selects the item and fires result() but it also creates "collateral damage" in my date field, inserting ID of the selected autocomplete item into it. This is one case of it but I also noticed...

ASP.NET MVC Hidden field not POSTing

With jquery autocomplete I have a hidden input field to store ID because the name gets inputted into the autocomplete field on select. Like this: $("#Clients").result(function (event, data, formatted) { if (data) { $("#ClientID").val(data["client_ClientNumber"]); if (data["ClientName"...

Premature form submission with ASP:Panel and jQuery Autocomplete

I have a page with two search boxes, one with jQuery Autocomplete and one plain. To make sure that the correct search query is submitted, I've placed the search boxes in Panels. However, when I select a value from the autocomplete drop-down, the query is immediately submited. Is there a way to override this behaviour, without resorting...

jQuery Autocomplete plug-in search configuration

I'm looking into using jQuery autocomplete plug-in to implement user lookup by first or last name. It looks like by default autocomplete looks up words by character sequence no matter its occurrence in a word. So if you have data such as: javascript, asp, haskell and you type in 'as' you will get all three. I would like it to at least m...

jQuery autocomplete show results 'containing' query not begining with query

jQuery autocomplete plugin shows results that begin with the query you type into a search box. How would you amend the plugin to allow you to show results that contain the query you are typing? for example, i am searching for people, i want to be able to type either a firstname or a surname, i type 'and' i want it to show Adam *And*erson...

JQuery Autocomplete - inconsistent results

Hi, I have Bassistance's version of the JQuery autocomplete plugin set up to query my database of courses. In the database I have (amongst many others) the following courses: 1) Yoga for All - Hatha Raja Introduction 2) Yoga - Iyengar Style. Beginners & Intermediate 3) Yoga - Iyengar. Improvers 4) Yoga - Iyengar. Beginners 5) Yoga...

Netbeans JQuery Selector auto-complete

I can't get Netbeans to auto-complete my selectors for JQuery, example: <a id="hello" href="#">Hello</a> <script type="text/javascript"> $("|").hide(); </script> As far as i understand the documentation at this point it should show the tags available on the page when i press control+space at the | position, but instead displays no...

Help with jquery autocomplete and json response

I have the a ASP.NET 2.0 json web service that returns the following response <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <string xmlns="http://microsoft.com/webservices/"&gt;[{"CUName":"Raytown-Lee\u0027s Summit Comm CU","CUCity":"RAYTOWN","CUState":"MO","CUContractNo":"02406"},{"CUName":"Summit Credit Union","CUCity":"MADISON","CUStat...

autocomplete: how do I avoid a duplicate search?

I use JQuery plugin autocomplete as a kind of dataset chooser. If the user chooses a value from the autocomplete lookup, the database is queried for the matching dataset. If the user types in a new value, the user can enter a new dataset. An issue arises when the user types in an existing value rather than choosing it from the autocomp...

Jquery AutoComplete Plugin calling

When I use JQuery's autocomplete and hardcode the array values in the page it works wonderful; but what I need to do is obtain the array values from either a web service or from a public function inside a controller. I have tried various way and can't seem to make it work. The farthest I got is pulling the data in to a long string and wh...

jQuery offset() not working in some browsers, on some computers

I have a problem positioning an element in certain browsers. I'm using the jQuery autocomplete found here. The div containing autocomplete values should be directly under the text box, and line up perfectly. The code sets the css left property of the div by using the left property generated by $(textbox).offset(); After un-packing th...

jQueryUI: how can I custom-format the Autocomplete plug-in results?

I'm using jQuery UI Autocomplete plug-in. Is there a way to highlight search character sequence in drop-down results? For example, if I have data: "foo bar" it and I search for "foo" I get "foo bar" in drop down. ...

Server Error in '/' Application. - The resource cannot be Found.

I am new to ASP.NET MVC 2. I do not understand why I am receiving this error. Is there something missing that i'm not referencing correctly. I'm trying to create a simple jquery autocomplete online search textbox and view the details of the person that i select using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using...

jQuery autocomplete function, how to add support for words not available in the database yet?

Hi, I'm looking to implement a tag system like how SO uses on their site, where users can specify multiple tag words. However, on top of all the other autocomplete functions available as jquery plugins, I also want to allow users to enter new words not in the database. Does anyone know of any plugin that can do that? Or if there isn't,...

Jquery autocomplete not firing on keyup unless focus changes

I am using a jquery autocomplete and i have a keyup event for my textbox. When I enter in a letter the function is called but the box is not populated. Once I click away from the box and then click back into it the autocomplete works great. Really weird issue and I have no idea how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated. here's my ...

JavaScript autocomplete upon typing

Right guys, all autocomplete plugins and functions that I've found, they only update upon keyup/down, etc. This is fine but the search only begins occurring once the user has stopped typing and if they are typing a phrase or word, the script is unable to instantly start suggesting, etc. I know this'll be a very simple fix or suggestion ...

Add a link to a JQueryUI autocomplete item

When a user starts typing on the searchbox, the suggestion page returns the latest item from all collections matching that nama, plus other data. I'd like to show that item (along its image), and a link to "see all items from this collection". I can do (most of) that with the following code: $('#search').autocomplete({ source: fun...