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#Ajax AutoComplete for jQuery
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Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery allows you to easily create
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autocomplete/autosuggest boxes for text input fields.
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Has no dependencies other than jQuery.
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The standard jquery.autocomplete.js file is around 2.7KB when minified via Closure Compiler and gzipped.
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##API
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* `$(selector).autocomplete(options);`
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* Sets up autocomplete for input field(s).
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* `options`: An object literal which defines the settings to use for the autocomplete plugin.
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* `serviceUrl`: Server side URL or callback function that returns serviceUrl string. Optional if local lookup data is provided.
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* `lookup`: Lookup array for the suggestions. It may be array of strings or `suggestion` object literals.
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* `suggestion`: An object literal with the following format: `{ value: 'string', data: any }`.
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* `lookupFilter`: `function (suggestion, query, queryLowerCase) {}` filter function for local lookups. By default it does partial string match (case insensitive).
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* `onSelect`: `function (suggestion) {}` Callback function invoked when user selects suggestion
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from the list. `this` inside callback refers to input HtmlElement.
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* `minChars`: Minimum number of characters required to trigger autosuggest. Default: `1`.
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* `maxHeight`: Maximum height of the suggestions container in pixels. Default: `300`.
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* `deferRequestBy`: Number of miliseconds to defer ajax request. Default: `0`.
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* `width`: Suggestions container width in pixels, e.g.: 300. Default: `auto`, takes input field width.
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* `params`: Additional parameters to pass with the request, optional.
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* `formatResult`: `function (suggestion, currentValue) {}` custom function to
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format suggestion entry inside suggestions container, optional.
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* `delimiter`: String or RegExp, that splits input value and takes last part to as query for suggestions.
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Useful when for example you need to fill list of coma separated values.
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* `zIndex`: 'z-index' for suggestions container. Default: `9999`.
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* `type`: Ajax request type to get suggestions. Default: `GET`.
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* `noCache`: Boolean value indicating whether to cache suggestion results. Default `false`.
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* `onSearchStart`: `function (query) {}` called before ajax request. `this` is bound to input element.
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* `onSearchComplete`: `function (query) {}` called after ajax response is processed. `this` is bound to input element.
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* `onSearchError`: `function (query, jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {}` called if ajax request fails. `this` is bound to input element.
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* `beforeRender`: `function (container) {}` called before displaying the suggestions. You may manipulate suggestions DOM before it is displayed.
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* `tabDisabled`: Default `false`. Set to true to leave the cursor in the input field after the user tabs to select a suggestion.
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* `paramName`: Default `query`. The name of the request parameter that contains the query.
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* `transformResult`: `function(response, originalQuery) {}` called after the result of the query is ready. Converts the result into response.suggestions format.
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* `autoSelectFirst`: if set to `true`, first item will be selected when showing suggestions. Default value `false`.
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* `appendTo`: container where suggestions will be appended. Default value `body`. Can be jQuery object, selector or html element. Make sure to set `position: absolute` or `position: relative` for that element.
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* `dataType`: type of data returned from server. Either 'text' (default) or 'jsonp', which will cause the autocomplete to use jsonp. You may return a json object in your callback when using jsonp.
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Autocomplete instance has following methods:
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* `setOptions(options)`: you may update any option at any time. Options are listed above.
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* `clear`: clears suggestion cache and current suggestions suggestions.
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* `clearCache`: clears suggestion cache.
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* `disable`: deactivate autocomplete.
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* `enable`: activates autocomplete if it was deactivated before.
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* `hide`: hides suggestions.
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* `dispose`: destroys autocomplete instance. All events are detached and suggestion containers removed.
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There are two ways that you can invoke Autocomplete method. One is calling autocomplete on jQuery object and passing method name as string literal.
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If method has arguments, arguments are passed as consecutive parameters:
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$('#autocomplete').autocomplete('disable');
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$('#autocomplete').autocomplete('setOptions', options);
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Or you can get Autocomplete instance by calling autcomplete on jQuery object without any parameters and then invoke desired method.
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$('#autocomplete').autocomplete().disable();
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$('#autocomplete').autocomplete().setOptions(options);
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##Usage
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Html:
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<input type="text" name="country" id="autocomplete"/>
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Ajax lookup:
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$('#autocomplete').autocomplete({
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serviceUrl: '/autocomplete/countries',
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onSelect: function (suggestion) {
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alert('You selected: ' + suggestion.value + ', ' + suggestion.data);
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}
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});
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Local lookup (no ajax):
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var countries = [
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{ value: 'Andorra', data: 'AD' },
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// ...
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{ value: 'Zimbabwe', data: 'ZZ' }
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];
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$('#autocomplete').autocomplete({
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lookup: countries,
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onSelect: function (suggestion) {
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alert('You selected: ' + suggestion.value + ', ' + suggestion.data);
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}
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});
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##Styling
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Generated HTML markup for suggestions is displayed bellow. You may style it any way you'd like.
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<div class="autocomplete-suggestions">
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<div class="autocomplete-suggestion autocomplete-selected">...</div>
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<div class="autocomplete-suggestion">...</div>
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<div class="autocomplete-suggestion">...</div>
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</div>
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Style sample:
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.autocomplete-suggestions { border: 1px solid #999; background: #FFF; overflow: auto; }
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.autocomplete-suggestion { padding: 2px 5px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; }
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.autocomplete-selected { background: #F0F0F0; }
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.autocomplete-suggestions strong { font-weight: normal; color: #3399FF; }
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##Response Format
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Response from the server must be JSON formatted following JavaScript object:
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{
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// Query is not required as of version 1.2.5
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query: "Unit",
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suggestions: [
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{ value: "United Arab Emirates", data: "AE" },
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{ value: "United Kingdom", data: "UK" },
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{ value: "United States", data: "US" }
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]
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}
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Data can be any value or object. Data object is passed to formatResults function
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and onSelect callback. Alternatively, if there is no data you can
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supply just a string array for suggestions:
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{
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query: "Unit",
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suggestions: ["United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States"]
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}
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## Non standard query/results
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If your ajax service expects the query in a different format, and returns data in a different format than the standard response,
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you can supply the "paramName" and "transformResult" options:
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$('#autocomplete').autocomplete({
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paramName: 'searchString',
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transformResult: function(response) {
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return {
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suggestions: $.map(response.myData, function(dataItem) {
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return { value: dataItem.valueField, data: dataItem.dataField };
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})
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};
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}
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})
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##License
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Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery is freely distributable under the
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terms of an MIT-style [license](https://github.com/devbridge/jQuery-Autocomplete/blob/master/dist/license.txt).
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Copyright notice and permission notice shall be included in all
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copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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##Authors
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Tomas Kirda / [@tkirda](https://twitter.com/tkirda)
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