Changing subject.
I had originally entered "[AutoComplete] Detecting mustMatch failure"
and the forum ate "[AutoComplete]".
On Aug 20, 2:40 pm, Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a number of fields that are using the AutoComplete plugin
> instead of select menus. When a user enters and selects a match a
> number of other fields are populated via a .getJSON.
>
> $("#f_orig_lookup")
> .autocomplete(
> "index.php",
> loc_lookup_obj) // loc_lookup_obj is a shared
> configuration object.
> .result(function(event, data, formatted) {
> if (data){
> $.getJSON(
>
> "?type=remote&action=location_by_id&id="+data[1],
> function(data){
> loadLocationInfo(data,'orig');
> });
> } else {
> // debug
> alert ('no data'); // <- THIS NEVER ALERTS
> }
> });
>
> The problem I have is this. A user does a lookup, then returns to the
> same field and enters non-matching text. The mustMatch causes the
> autocomplete field to clear, but the autocomplete .result doesn't
> fire
>
> What I need to do is clear any pre-filled fields if mustMatch. Is
> there any easy way to detect that the mustMatch did it's job?
