Thanks! I was looking for this too.
On Aug 20, 1:39 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> You could try this, similar to what the plugin does for the mustMatch option:
>
> $(".autocomplete").blur(function() {
> $(this).search(function(result) {
> if (!result) {
> // no match found, do something, eg. clearing other fields
> }
> });
>
> });
>
> Jörn
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Billy<billy.swee...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I'm usingautocompleteplugin, when the user types something the
> > backend responds value and key information (for instance:
>
> > John|76178
> > Mike|87252
> > Peter|87511
>
> > Using .result I'm setting the key in a hidden field in my form.
>
> > $('#autocompleteTextboxId').result(function(event, data, formatted) {
> > if (data)
> > $('#autocompleteHiddenValueId').val(data[1]);
> > });
>
> > But what if the user changes his mind and after choosing "John" types
> > something else in the textbox (without actually chosing a new option
> > from theautocompleteoptions) or even deletes the whole text? As
> > things are now, the data previously set in the hidden field remains
> > there. So the user might post the form thinking that his selection is
> > blank, but the system actually thinks that he selected "76178".
>
> > Is there a way to "clear" the hidden field when the user types
> > something?
>
> > I tried by setting some action to "focus" so that whenever the user
> > focuses on the textbox the hidden value is cleared but it seems that
> > after the user chooses a value in theautocompleteoptions, the plugin
> > sets focus to the text field (hence making this action execute, thus
> > clearing the hidden value everytime).
>
> > $('#autocompleteTextboxId').focus(function() {
> > $('#autocompleteHiddenValueId').val('');
> > });
>
> > It would be cool if we had something like ".textChanged" (similar to
> > ".result" above) where we can do some action when the user changes the
> > text on the field.
>
> > Maybe some of the JS wizards here can suggest something.
>
> > Thanks.
