Hi all, I use Autocomplete 1.0 Alpha mostly for form inputs bound to foreign key columns. For instance I have a user_position table with two columns: user_id and position_id. On new appointment form I have two autocomplete text inputs with the following code:
<input type="text" id="user_id" class="ac_input" tabindex="1" /> <input type="text" id="position_id" class="ac_input" tabindex="2" / > As you can see the inputs do not have a name attribute, and when the form is submitted their values are not sent, which is all right since they will contain strings like: 'John Doe' 'Sales Manager' whereas our backend expects something like: 23 14 which are the user_id for John Doe and position_id for Sales Manager. To send these values I have two hidden inputs in the form like this: <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="position_id" value=""> Also I have the following code in the $().ready function: $("#user_id").result(function(event, data, formatted) { $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]").val(data[1]); }); $("#position_id").result(function(event, data, formatted) { $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]").val(data[1]); }); As could be seen these functions stuff user_id and position_id values (in our example 23 and 14) into the hidden inputs, and when the form is submitted these values are sent: user_id = 23 position_id = 14 The backend script then takes care of adding a record to our user_position table containing those values. I wonder how could the plugin code be modified to simplify the setup by taking care of adding hidden inputs and updating the value of hidden inputs as default behavior. I have successfully attempted a simpler solution - writing a wrapper to perform these additional tasks and invoke autocomplete as well. I hope my intention is clear enough, if not, this is exactly the expected outcome: Before: <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.autocomplete-modified.js"></script> <input type="text" name="user_id" class="ac_input" tabindex="1" /> After: <input type="text" id="user_id" class="ac_input" tabindex="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="23"> Last word, I know this looks like a tall order, and I do not hope someone will make a complete working mod for me, but rather would very much appreciate helpful advise and directions. Many thanks in advance Majid