Hi folks,
for anyone interested in the progess of the autocomplete plugin I've
uploaded the current demo: http://jquery.bassistance.de/autocomplete/
There are already a few notable improvements:
* completeting multiple values works much better, whitespace is
ignored and cleaned up whenever necessary
* the search term is highlighted in the select box
* select box can be closed with esc key
* use dimensions plugin to calculate offset of input element,
providing a tons more robust calculation even in complex layouts
These items are still on the todo list:
* pass plain data to result handler instead of expanded dom element,
maybe add reference to input
* allow modification of not-last value in multiple-fields
* add support for multiple fields for findValue/result-event
* add proper example for completing multiple values and updating
related ids to a hidden field
* modify demo to work with a proper form, no always-prevent-submit!
* add a callback to allow decoding the response
Your feedback, especially about usability issues, is very welcome. Just
keep in mind that this isn't anywhere near production-ready and a few
API changes are on their way.
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Jörn Zaefferer
http://bassistance.de
