<li><a href="xml.html">XML data parsed once</a></li>
<li><a href="categories.html">Categories</a></li>
<li><a href="multiple.html">Multiple values</a></li>
+ <li><a href="multiple.html">Multiple, remote</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
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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).pop();
+ }
+
+ $("#birds").autocomplete({
+ source: function(request, response) {
+ $.getJSON("search.php", {
+ term: extractLast(request.term)
+ }, response);
+ },
+ search: function() {
+ // custom minLength
+ var term = extractLast(this.value);
+ if (term.length < 2) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ },
+ 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
+ terms.push( ui.item.value );
+ // add placeholder to get the comma-and-space at the end
+ terms.push("");
+ this.value = 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>
<link type="text/css" href="../demos.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
+ var availableTags = ["c++", "java", "php", "coldfusion", "javascript", "asp", "ruby", "python", "c", "scala", "groovy", "haskell", "perl"];
function split(val) {
return val.split(/,\s*/);
}
return split(term).pop();
}
- $("#birds").autocomplete({
+ $("#tags").autocomplete({
+ minLength: 0,
source: function(request, response) {
- $.getJSON("search.php", {
- term: extractLast(request.term)
- }, response);
- },
- search: function() {
- // custom minLength
- var term = extractLast(this.value);
- if (term.length < 2) {
- return false;
- }
+ // delegate back to autocomplete, but extract the last term
+ response($.ui.autocomplete.filter(availableTags, extractLast(request.term)));
},
focus: function() {
// prevent value inserted on focus
<div class="demo">
<div class="ui-widget">
- <label for="birds">Birds: </label>
- <input id="birds" size="50" />
+ <label for="tags">Tag programming languages: </label>
+ <input id="tags" 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.
+Usage: Type something, eg. "j" to see suggestions for tagging with programming languages. Select a value, then continue typing to add more.
</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.
source: function(request, response) {
if (cache.term == request.term && cache.content) {
response(cache.content);
+ return;
}
if (new RegExp(cache.term).test(request.term) && cache.content && cache.content.length < 13) {
- var matcher = new RegExp($.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i");
- response($.grep(cache.content, function(value) {
- return matcher.test(value.value)
- }));
+ response($.ui.autocomplete.filter(cache.content, request.term));
+ return;
}
$.ajax({
url: "search.php",
if ( $.isArray(this.options.source) ) {
array = this.options.source;
this.source = function( request, response ) {
- // escape regex characters
- var matcher = new RegExp( $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i" );
- response( $.grep( array, function(value) {
- return matcher.test( value.label || value.value || value );
- }) );
+ response( $.ui.autocomplete.filter(array, request.term) );
};
} else if ( typeof this.options.source === "string" ) {
url = this.options.source;
$.extend( $.ui.autocomplete, {
escapeRegex: function( value ) {
return value.replace( /([\^\$\(\)\[\]\{\}\*\.\+\?\|\\])/gi, "\\$1" );
+ },
+ filter: function(array, term) {
+ var matcher = new RegExp( $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(term), "i" );
+ return $.grep( array, function(value) {
+ return matcher.test( value.label || value.value || value );
+ });
}
});