Work around for select not working in laktek / jQuery-Smart-Auto-Complete in IE browsers

ie_hack.js

// Where 'fruits_field' is the id of the autocomplete field

// Note: Place this code after the smartAutoComplete() function

$('input#fruits_field').bind({
  lostFocus: function(e) {
      // Grab any highlighted results
      results = $('.smart_autocomplete_highlight');
      if (results && $(results[0]).text() != '') {
        // Set the input's value to the selected result
        $('input#fruits_field').val($(results[0]).text());
        
        // Your code for dealing with a selected suggestion
        // ...
        
        // Prevent default otherwise all is for nowt
        e.preventDefault();
        // Get rid of the results drop down
        $('.smart_autocomplete_container').hide();
      };
  };
});