CODEWITHSUNDEEP
jqueryjquery-ui-autocomplete
Nick
Nick

Reputation: 2980

disable jQuery autocomplete dropdown

This is rather a simple question, but how do I disable the dropdown of the jQuery Autocomplete? When a user starts typing, I run my own function on the response callback. I don't need anything else to appear. This is what I have:

            $( "#search" ).autocomplete({
                source: "/app/friends",
                minLength: 2,
                response: function( event, ui ) {
                    $(".ui-menu-item").hide(); //i hoped this would work
                    display(ui.content);
                }
            });

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4063

Answers (1)

adrianbanks
adrianbanks

Reputation: 82944

According to the documentation for the plugin, there is an open event that fires when the menu opens. You can put some code in that event to hide the drop down:

$( "#search" ).autocomplete({
    source: "/app/friends",
    minLength: 2,
    response: function( event, ui ) {
        display(ui.content);
    },
    open: function( event, ui ) {
        $(".ui-autocomplete").hide();
    }
});

Upvotes: 7

Related Questions