Jquery autocomplete automatically select first option

Jquery autocomplete automatically select first option

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jQuery UI Autocomplete Extension - Select First Option

New to this Portal? Click here to Sign up. You can also use the below options to login. All Forums Recent Posts Log In. Getting Started Using jQuery Using jQuery Plugins Using jQuery UI Developing jQuery Core Developing jQuery Plugins Developing jQuery UI QUnit and Testing About the jQuery Forum jQuery Conferences jQuery Mobile Developing jQuery Mobile. Move this topic Cancel. Automatically select first item in dropdown OR add item into drop down menu Answered Need more info Working on it Answered.

So I have some funcitonality on my site that has led me to want either one or the other's functionality in a drop down. Let me explain it so you can understnad more, and maybe even suggest another solution altogether.

jquery autocomplete automatically select first option

I have a autocomplete search bar where if the user selects an item in the drop down, it forwards to one url. If a user types in a unique entry, where the item does not exist, then it goes to another location. Currently, if a user types and presses enter without using the keyboard to select the item , it acts as though you entered an unique entry. SO, how would you have functionality where similar to facebook as you are typiung, the first item is selected until the words you type no longer match that item.

This reduces that step of the user having to press down on the keyboard to select the item, as it already by default selects the first item.

Now if this is not possible, ther'es another solution. Disable the "enter" button altogether and ensure that the user selects an item from the menu. That means I need at least ONE dynamically generated item in the menu that mirrors what the user is typing.

So as the user is typing "california", the last item in the drop down menu is showing "Create: Are these solutions possible? Is there a better solution? Automatically select first item in dropdown OR add item into drop down menu 7 years ago. I've created an extension for the autocomplete plugin that automatically selects the first item. Just set the selectFirst option to true: Leave a comment on scott. Automatically select first item in dropdown OR add item into drop down menu 6 years ago.

It is still woking good in all browsers except the IE 8 on Windows 7.

It's just not setting the first item of menu. Leave a comment on kamal.

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I have resolved it. Problem was in the BGIFrame. It sounds like you're using an old version of bgiframe and you should update to the latest version. Automatically select first item in dropdown OR add item into drop down menu 5 years ago.

Great plugin, saved me a bunch of work.

jquery autocomplete automatically select first option

Leave a comment on schumaniac's reply. Because with the autofocus feature, the user can not anymore type in the input search field and i think it is too bad. Leave a comment on tsun4ever's reply.

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Automatically select first item in dropdown OR add item into drop down menu 4 years ago. In this it check for the selectFirst option in current jquery-ui an Return False which means it is in available as option in jquery-ui as you have put an not equal logical operator.

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