i had exactly the same requirement
My solution was this:
adding an option called service like so:
$(".TagField input").autocomplete(null, {
max: 20,
highlight: false,
multiple: true,
multipleSeparator: ",",
scroll: true,
scrollHeight: 200,
selectFirst:false,
minChars:1,
service:getData
});
function getData(term,callback){
var d=['mark','testies','tester','code','hello
world','hello','world'];
var str="";
function eachD(i,n){
str+=n+"\n";
}
$.each(d,eachD);
callback(str);
}
... and changing the autocomplete code like so...
.....} else if((typeof options.service == "function")){
options.service(lastWord(term),function(data){
var parsed = options.parse && options.parse(data) ||
parse(data);
cache.add(term, parsed);
success(term, parsed);
});
} else {
// if we have a failure, we need to empty the list --
this prevents
the the [TAB] key from selecting the last successful match
select.em.....
the getData method has hard coded data at the minute as i havent
written the service and at the time of writing i am just testing it.
Having this flexibility allows me to abstract the data loading so i
can pull it from any data source, any data format and pass it into the
plugin in the format it requires
Hope this helps
On Jun 27, 8:16 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jorn, great work onautocomplete.
>
> One thing I'd like to see is the ability to pull the data from a
> function (instead of a static array or url). The function could
> return the array instead, however it wanted to go get the data.
>
> Imagine:
> autocomplete: function(urlOrDataOrFunction, options) {
>
> I tried to hack it in myself, making a function that returned an array
> of objects,using typeof urlOrData == 'function', and then invoking the
> function in the "function request(term, success, failure)" section,
> but I failed. Pretty spectacularly. It seems like it should work,
> but later "item" (for formatItem) comes back undefined. I'll keep
> working at it.
