Remote json is still rather cumbersome to handle. Here is an example,
take a look at the source:
http://dev.jquery.com/view/trunk/plugins/autocomplete/demo/json.html
Jörn
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 1:01 AM, shapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I also tried the following but until now I wasn't able to make it
> work:
>
> $("#Tags").autocomplete("/Professor/GetTags", {
> autoFill: true,
> cacheLength: 1,
> multiple: true,
> scrollHeight: 200,
> selectFirst: false,
> width: 260,
> formatResult: function(item) {
> return item.Name;
> }
> });
>
> Please, does anyone knows how to do this?
>
> MyJson data is as follows:
> [{"TagID":"3fae2160-55f6-4dd0-b856-fd27f5d307e2","Name":"John"},
> {"TagID":"883b197e-0cb3-4528-8403-0877d742bf47","Name":"Jane"}]
>
> I have been trying to solve this but until now I wasn't able ...
>
> Thanks,
> Miguel
>
>
> On Jul 11, 8:53 pm, shapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Yes,
>>
>> I tried the following:
>>
>> $("#Tags").autocomplete("/File/GetTags", {
>> width: 260,
>> formatItem: function(item) {
>> return item.Name;
>> }
>> });
>>
>> But this is not working. Any idea?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Miguel
>>
>> On Jul 11, 7:03 pm, tlphipps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > You need to use the formatResult option (I think that's the option
>> > name). It will allow you to format the data for display.
>>
>> > On Jul 11, 12:08 pm, shapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > > Hello,
>>
>> > > I am using JQuery AutoComplete with JSon. I created a function on my
>> > > server code which return the data.
>>
>> > > However, when I start writing "J" in my Input I get the following:
>>
>> > > [{"TagID":"883b197e-0cb3-4528-8403-0877d742bf47","Name":"John"},
>> > > {"TagID":"017b253e-596b-4328-85f5-fd97a783759c","Name":"Jane"}]
>>
>> > > How to get only the names instead of this strange format? Am I a
>> > > missing something here?
>>
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Miguel
>
