jQuery Autocomplete Mod

This is modification of Dylan Verheul's jQuery Autcomplete plug-in. I customized his library adding the features I needed and fixing issues I considered bugs.

Enhancements

• Supports local data array (can now use w/out AJAX).
• Limit dropdown to XX number of results (good for limiting the results to users)
• Autofill pre-populates text box as you type
• New findValue() method can be used to programmatically determine if the value in the box is a valid option. (Useful for verifying the text entered is an existing value option.)
• Dropdown options now correctly re-position themselves on each display (which means they adjust for changing to the DOM)
• Dropdown box defaults to the width of the input field its attached to (you can manually specify a larger width as well)
• Better emulates Windows autocomplete boxes (for example: hitting delete and retyping the same box will now bring back the dropdown menu)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

Note

There have been several reports of the contents of the iFrame being placed into the text box when the [TAB] key is pressed. This is due to a bug in jQuery v1.1.1 and not w/this code. See the following thread on the jQuery Mailing List for more information: http://www.nabble.com/Bug-in-$()-in-jQuery-v1.1.1--t3144910.html#nabble.i8718421.

This bug is fixed in jQuery v1.2.1.

Download

Autocomplete Docs
jquery.autocomplete.js
jquery.autocomplete.css
autocomplete_ajax.cfm (as text file)