Thanks Jörn!
It took me a minute to realize that ".autocomplete" should reference
my text input control (and not an autocomplete generated object), and
that .search() is an autocomplete function. But otherwise, it did the
trick.
Darren
On Aug 20, 2:39 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> You could try this, similar to what the plugin does for the mustMatch option:
>
> $(".autocomplete").blur(function() {
> $(this).search(function(result) {
> if (!result) {
> // no match found, do something, eg. clearing other fields
> }
> });
>
> });
>
> Jörn
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Billy<billy.swee...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I'm usingautocompleteplugin, when the user types something the
> > backend responds value and key information (for instance:
>
> > John|76178
> > Mike|87252
> > Peter|87511
>
> > Using .result I'm setting the key in a hidden field in my form.
>
> > $('#autocompleteTextboxId').result(function(event, data, formatted) {
> > if (data)
> > $('#autocompleteHiddenValueId').val(data[1]);
> > });
>
> > But what if the user changes his mind and after choosing "John" types
> > something else in the textbox (without actually chosing a new option
> > from theautocompleteoptions) or even deletes the whole text? As
> > things are now, the data previously set in the hidden field remains
> > there. So the user might post the form thinking that his selection is
> > blank, but the system actually thinks that he selected "76178".
>
> > Is there a way to "clear" the hidden field when the user types
> > something?
>
> > I tried by setting some action to "focus" so that whenever the user
> > focuses on the textbox the hidden value is cleared but it seems that
> > after the user chooses a value in theautocompleteoptions, the plugin
> > sets focus to the text field (hence making this action execute, thus
> > clearing the hidden value everytime).
>
> > $('#autocompleteTextboxId').focus(function() {
> > $('#autocompleteHiddenValueId').val('');
> > });
>
> > It would be cool if we had something like ".textChanged" (similar to
> > ".result" above) where we can do some action when the user changes the
> > text on the field.
>
> > Maybe some of the JS wizards here can suggest something.
>
> > Thanks.
