I am using jquery.autocomplete in a search for schools. I have optional fields (referenced as extraParams) which allow the user to narrow the search to a specific state and city.
This part works fine. If the user selects a state and city and then initiates the search be entering a value into the autocomplete field, then everything works well. My issue is that I need to execute the search and return results to the autocomplete field when the user selects a state (and nothing has been entered into the autocomplete field). Obviously, I have an onChange event in the State field which can trigger the search event, but I don't know how to manually cause the search to occur (passing a wildcard for the value of q). Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. TIA
