In the case where no results are returned, I need to display a "No
match" item in the autocomplete menu rather than the menu not showing
up at all. Anybody tried something similar to this? Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.
On Aug 29, 12:57 am, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> One way to achieve that is to trigger the search method when
> appropiate, eg. on blur. Something like this:
>
> $("#suggest1").autocomplete(cities).blur(function() {
> $(this).search();}).result(function(event, data, formatted) {
>
> alert(!data ? "No match!" : "Selected: " + formatted);
>
> });
>
> Let me know if that works and what could be improved.
>
> Jörn
>
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:02 PM, mmzaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm using bassistance.de , Jörn Zaefferer's autocomplete plugin and
> > loving it.
>
> > However I need to be able to call a function or run some javascript
> > code if the inputted text by the user into the autocomplete field
> > returns no results.
>
> > This would be ideal as an option or a method for the autocomplete
> > object.
>
> > I've seen a few people ask for this on his site and also here. He
> > mentioned including such functionality in a future release but I don't
> > think he got around to it.
>
> > Anyone mange to do this or have pointers on how I could go about
> > implementing it myself?
>
> > If I succeed maybe we can add this as a feature to the current build
> > of autocomplete?
>
> > Cheers,
> > M
