I would like to send the ID of the autocomplete-field to the ajax-
script.
I thought that $(this) refers to the input-field (having my initial
example in mind).
isn´t it possible to use $(this) within the autocompleter? how would
you pass the ID of the current autocomplete-field to the ajax-script
(assuming that you have several autocomplete-fields on one page)?
thanks,
patrick
On 29 Sep., 02:35, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
> By the way,
> 'extra_var': function() {
> return $("#extra_var").attr('id');
>
> }
>
> Would return "extra_var" since $("#extra_var").attr('id'); is
> "extra_var".
> I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve if that's not what you
> want.
>
> On Sep 28, 2:34 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "extra_var" does not map to the ID of the input field. It is the name
> > that is going to be sent along with the AJAX request to your script.
> > (e.g. /autocomplete_lookup/?
> > q=my_search_text_blahablhablah&extra_var=12345)
>
> > You have to change it so it's:
> > 'extra_var': function() {
> > return $("#extra_var").attr('id');
>
> > }
>
> > On Sep 26, 8:39 am, patrickk <patr...@vonautomatisch.at> wrote:
>
> > > I´m a bit confused, because the following doesn´t seem to work and I
> > > have no idea why ... after searching google for a couple of hours and
> > > trying different solutions, I´m posting this here and hope that
> > > someone can help.
>
> > > $("input.vAutocompleteField").autocomplete('/
> > > autocomplete_lookup/', {
> > > highlight: false,
> > > mustMatch: false,
> > > matchContains: true,
> > > cacheLength: 20,
> > > minChars: 2,
> > > extraParams: {
> > > 'extra_var': function() {
> > > return $(this).attr('id');
> > > }
> > > }
> > > });
>
> > > "extra_var" should be the ID of the current input-field.
>
> > > this is probably just me don´t seeing what´s wrong ... so any help is
> > > appreciated.
>
> > > thanks,
> > > patrick
>
>
