Take a look at the extraParams option. You can pass dynamic parameters by using a function, that way sending the current university value for the deparment request and so on.
Jörn On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:42 PM, evolvng <evol...@gawab.com> wrote: > > Hi gurus! > > I'm using Jorn's autocomplete plugin with multiple textareas - but > each one not chained to the other. > > I've read Jorn's autocomplete plugin page ( > http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/ ), this > forum, and searched web, but can't find a way to chain multiple > textareas with his plugin. It's not an original idea, but I can't find > any demos or code. Most examples I find use drop down boxes not > textareas that drop down autocomplete suggestions like I need, and I > don't know how to change this. > > If anyone has done this and can post a little code to get me started - > or link to a tutorial - thank you thank you! > > My current form has: > > Textarea1 - University > > Textarea2 - Academic Department > > Textarea3 - Student Courses > > and each text area has autocomplete to suggest names but each isn't > linked to the other. > > I need to change Jorn's autocomplete (or find other similar plugin) to > allow user to type University name - autocomplete suggest name (as it > does now) *and* then suggest Department names for the university that > user has chosen, and then suggest courses for the university and > department they have chosen. > > The individual autocompletes are currently pulling names from a db. > > Last thing - I guess the fields should be shown in a cascading manner > - after University name is completed, then the Department name field > is shown. But I guess this isn't necessary as sometimes the user may > want to go back to a field eg Department and change it without seeing > the field below disappear. > Your ideas/suggestions/examples are welcome. > > > Many thanks! >
