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jquery autocomplete demo with custom render item implementation
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Autocomplete - Custom data and display</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css">
<script src="../../jquery-1.6.2.js"></script>
<script src="../../ui/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
<script src="../../ui/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
<script src="../../ui/jquery.ui.position.js"></script>
<script src="../../ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../demos.css">
<style>
#project-label {
display: block;
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
#project-icon {
float: left;
height: 32px;
width: 32px;
}
#project-description {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
var projects = [
{
value: "jquery",
label: "jQuery",
desc: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library",
icon: "jquery_32x32.png"
},
{
value: "jquery-ui",
label: "jQuery UI",
desc: "the official user interface library for jQuery",
icon: "jqueryui_32x32.png"
},
{
value: "sizzlejs",
label: "Sizzle JS",
desc: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine",
icon: "sizzlejs_32x32.png"
}
];
$( "#project" ).autocomplete({
minLength: 0,
source: projects,
focus: function( event, ui ) {
$( "#project" ).val( ui.item.label );
return false;
},
select: function( event, ui ) {
$( "#project" ).val( ui.item.label );
$( "#project-id" ).val( ui.item.value );
$( "#project-description" ).html( ui.item.desc );
$( "#project-icon" ).attr( "src", "images/" + ui.item.icon );
return false;
}
})
.data( "autocomplete" )._renderItem = function( ul, item ) {
return $( "<li></li>" )
.data( "item.autocomplete", item )
.append( "<a>" + item.label + "<br>" + item.desc + "</a>" )
.appendTo( ul );
};
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="demo">
<div id="project-label">Select a project (type "j" for a start):</div>
<img id="project-icon" src="images/transparent_1x1.png" class="ui-state-default"/>
<input id="project"/>
<input type="hidden" id="project-id"/>
<p id="project-description"></p>
</div><!-- End demo -->
<div class="demo-description">
<p>You can use your own custom data formats and displays by simply overriding the default focus and select actions.</p>
<p>Try typing "j" to get a list of projects or just press the down arrow.</p>
</div><!-- End demo-description -->
</body>
</html>
@Nitin2392
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Still useful 7 years later! Thanks a lot 👍

@PrashantDhungana
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And still useful 13 years later! Thanks

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