You can bind it to a custom event. You don't have to use the change event on the parent select. Another option is to manually fire the change event on $.ready().
On Jul 1, 12:01 pm, brotherjames <james.montgom...@terex.com> wrote: > Is there an easy way with theCascadeplugin to tie to events in > addition to change... The issue is that theCascadeworks well when > the parent is changed but does not show the child value on an update > form as the parent in most cases do not need to change... but the > child is not displayed because the change event is not nor does it > need to be fired. > > On Jun 11, 12:30 am, Mike Nichols <nichols.mik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'd look at the autocomplete plugin > > herehttp://github.com/ReinH/jquery-autocomplete/tree/master > > and a decent write up here > > :http://www.bigredswitch.com/blog/2008/11/jquery-autocomplete-plugin/ > > > I used this tiny plugin as a kind of prototype when I wrotecascade. > > Incidentally, I have a few fixes tocascadeto push out (dynamic ajax, > > etc) if you need it. > > > Personally, I wouldn't use a select tag for that many options, but > > would opt for autocomplete. You can use the same datasource (JSON) and > > bind similar behavior on the autocomplete box. > > > mike > > > On Jun 10, 9:45 pm, netcomp <ra...@netcompulsion.com> wrote: > > > > Hi there. I have a page that loads two other pages in with load. In > > > one of the files there are two select lists,chainedtogether using > > > theCascadeplugin. I have embedded theCascadeplugin in the page > > > that gets loaded. This works fine. > > > > However, the first list contains upwards of 2200 items and people are > > > having trouble finding the proper choice. So now I need to add a > > > filter or auto complete functionality. > > > > I'm having a problem getting the wheels rolling on this one...anyone > > > have an example or suggestion of how I can accomplish both tasks? The > > > current lists are fed by a JSON file I generate dynamically. > > > > TIA
