On 8/23/07, inVINCable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am new from prototype and scriptaculous and have been puzzled all > day by trying to figure out this autocomplete business with jQuery. I > have searched all over including the plugins page on the jquery > website and cannot find what I need, an autocomplete field that will > get the ID of the selection without showing it. A good example would > be let's say we take the id a company was assigned to, say 3434. When > the user clicks on that company, I want 3434 to be submitted with the > form, but NOT in the actual text box, or anywhere visible. I was able > to do this in prototype by assigned an id to the <li> that is equal to > the ID, then the id is taken from the <li> element of the selection > then submitted as a hidden form element.
Unless I misunderstand, The example you mention is widely present in the various autocomplete examples (most of which are improvements of one and the same script, and a rewrite). On http://www.dyve.net/jquery/?autocomplete, start typing some letters (for example: 'com') in the search box. Some bird species will appear. Select one, and the page will show you the scientific name. The parameter used is onSelectItem. Substitute bird name = company name, scientific name = id, and you should be good to go. Jörn's rewrite (http://jquery.bassistance.de/autocomplete/) offers similar examples. > ( ... ) I really would like to avoid using > prototype/scripaculous but I might have to if there is no solution via > jQuery :/ You aren't blackmailing us are you? ;-) Good luck with the autocomplete. Dylan
