[jQuery] Re: (autocomplete) not selecting value unless user explicitly selects it

2009-09-30 Thread Mike Wertheim
I'm realizing that I didn't describe this completely enough. I'm putting together a search engine. So I need text field (with autocomplete) and a Search button. When the user presses return, it should submit the form (i.e. the equivalent of clicking the Search button). When the user explicitly

[jQuery] (autocomplete) how to have autocomplete use dynamic data (for implementing a search engine's entry field)

2009-09-16 Thread Mike Wertheim
I'm looking into using the autocomplete plugin from http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/. The provided examples all use static data. What I want to do is to mimic the behavior that search engines (like Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) use for the auto-complete on their entry