To answer my own question, set the formatMatch option.
...
,formatMatch: function(row, i, max) {
return row.name;
},
...
On Dec 8, 4:18 pm, Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using autocomplete and have some local data that looks like
>
> var locations = [
> { name: "ABB Bomem CAN", locationkey: "10049" },
> { name: "ANL", locationkey: "9999" },
> { name: "Applied Sys Eng", locationkey: "10028" },
> { name: "BNL", locationkey: "10053" },
> { name: "Campbell AUS", locationkey: "10012" },
> { name: "Campbell UTAH", locationkey: "10015" },
> ...
> ];
>
> This array is structures similar to the local data used in the
> autocomplete 'email' example.
>
> The problem I have is with how the plugin matches this data. I want
> the matches restricted to the names only and not the locationkeys. For
> example if someone types "100" all the locations with keys contain 100
> show up as matches. That isn't desirable.
>
> Is this possible or do I need to have two local arrays: one with the
> names only and another that can be used to lookup the keys? I'll use
> the keys to make an AJAX call to get all the data for a chosen
> location.
>
> Thanks
