>Hi, I'm using the autocomplete plugin, the one that is modification of >Dylan Verheul's jQuery Autcomplete plug-in. >It's working great but I need to disable it using any function, and I >don't know how to do it. > >I've tried with unbind() ?¿ on the field but it's not working :( > >Any help?
Not sure which MOD you're using (there are several) but if your using the one I wrote (located at Pengoworks.com) then there is no way to disable the behavior in the current code base. Some possible workarounds: 1) MOD the code to add this feature. 2) Move to the latest more official version at http://dev.jquery.com/browser/trunk/plugins/autocomplete. This doesn't have a disable feature yet, but you could use the setOptions() method and set the minChars to a really high number (like 999999.) This code is heavily refactored so you would need to re-write your current code. 3) Use the jQuery .remove() method to complete remove the input and replace it with a new field. 4) Use 2 input elements in your form--one that has the autocomplete behavior attached and one that does not. You can then hide/show the appropriate fields. They should each have unique IDs, but the could have the same name. As long as the hidden field's value is blank, you'll get the value from the visible element. -Dan
