[jQuery] [autocomplete] multiple items in fails in Opera 9+

[Peter Krantz]

Hi!

I am using the autocomplete plugin [1] (with jQuery 1.2.6)
successfully to help users tag an item. Users are presented with an
<input type="text"> field and can add multiple items in a comma
separated list.

The field is hooked up like this:

$("#id_edittags").autocomplete(tags, {
        multiple: true,
        mustMatch: false,
        max: 4,
        autoFill: true
});

This works in IE6, Firefox 3, Safari 3 but fails in Opera 9.64. In
Opera the cursor is moved to the start of the input field after
selecting the first item. This makes it impossible to autocomplete
more than one item in an <input> field. Changing the field to
<textarea> seems to solve the problem.

[1]: http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/

Regards,

Peter