From 5d1e29764024128e9cc71a19589cfe11e6241242 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Scott=20Gonz=C3=A1lez?= <scott.gonzalez@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:35:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Autocomplete (combobox demo): Detect valid entries when
 typed, but not selected from menu. Fixes #5605 - Autocomplete combobox demo
 does not accept valid values.

---
 demos/autocomplete/combobox.html | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/demos/autocomplete/combobox.html b/demos/autocomplete/combobox.html
index 37b74e155..c76cfa130 100644
--- a/demos/autocomplete/combobox.html
+++ b/demos/autocomplete/combobox.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 						delay: 0,
 						minLength: 0,
 						source: function( request, response ) {
-							var matcher = new RegExp( request.term, "i" );
+							var matcher = new RegExp( $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i" );
 							response( select.children( "option" ).map(function() {
 								var text = $( this ).text();
 								if ( this.value && ( !request.term || matcher.test(text) ) )
@@ -54,10 +54,20 @@
 						},
 						change: function( event, ui ) {
 							if ( !ui.item ) {
-								// remove invalid value, as it didn't match anything
-								$( this ).val( "" );
-								select.val( "" );
-								return false;
+								var matcher = new RegExp( "^" + $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex( $(this).val() ) + "$", "i" ),
+									valid = false;
+								select.children( "option" ).each(function() {
+									if ( this.value.match( matcher ) ) {
+										this.selected = valid = true;
+										return false;
+									}
+								});
+								if ( !valid ) {
+									// remove invalid value, as it didn't match anything
+									$( this ).val( "" );
+									select.val( "" );
+									return false;
+								}
 							}
 						}
 					})
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