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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+ <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+ <title>jQuery UI Autocomplete multiple demo</title>
+ <link type="text/css" href="../../themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jquery-1.4.2.js"></script>
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/jquery.ui.position.js"></script>
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js"></script>
+ <link type="text/css" href="../demos.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+ <script type="text/javascript">
+ $(function() {
+ function split(val) {
+ return val.split(/,\s*/);
+ }
+ function extractLast(term) {
+ return split(term)[split(term).length - 1];
+ }
+
+ $("#birds").autocomplete({
+ source: function(request, response) {
+ $.getJSON("search.php", {
+ term: extractLast(request.term)
+ }, response);
+ },
+ search: function() {
+ // custom minLength
+ var term = extractLast($(this).val());
+ if (term.length < 2) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ },
+ focus: function() {
+ // prevent value inserted on focus
+ return false;
+ },
+ select: function(event, ui) {
+ var terms = split( $(this).val() );
+ // remove the current input
+ terms.pop();
+ // add the selected item
+ terms.push( ui.item.value );
+ // add placeholder to get the comma-and-space at the end
+ terms.push("");
+ $(this).val( terms.join(", ") );
+ return false;
+ }
+ });
+ });
+ </script>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<div class="demo">
+
+<div class="ui-widget">
+ <label for="birds">Birds: </label>
+ <input id="birds" size="50" />
+</div>
+
+</div><!-- End demo -->
+
+<div class="demo-description">
+<p>
+Usage: Enter at least two characters to get bird name suggestions. Select a value to continue adding more names.
+</p>
+<p>
+This is an example showing how to use the source-option along with some events to enable autocompleting multiple values into a single field.
+</p>
+</div><!-- End demo-description -->
+
+</body>
+</html>