I'm trying to use the jqueryUI combobox into my asp.net 3.5 webforms application. I've added a dropdownlist and modified it style with jquery. The problem i got is when i try to execute the postback the dropdown normally does when it selected item it's changed. The combobox doesn't change it's value and I'm getting the error that _dopostback is not defined in my firebug error console. I've been reading about this here and in and in in the asp.net forums, and found some answers that told me that should give a try to the GetPostBackEventReference method, but still nothing has happened. Below is the code, thanks.
<script type="text/javascript">
(function ($) {
$.widget("ui.combobox", {
_create: function () {
var input,
self = this,
select = this.element.hide(),
selected = select.children(":selected"),
value = selected.val() ? selected.text() : "",
wrapper = $("<span>")
.addClass("ui-combobox")
.insertAfter(select);
input = $("<input>")
.appendTo(wrapper)
.val(value)
.addClass("ui-state-default")
.autocomplete({
delay: 0,
minLength: 0,
source: function (request, response) {
var matcher = new RegExp($.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i");
response(select.children("option").map(function () {
var text = $(this).text();
if (this.value && (!request.term || matcher.test(text)))
return {
label: text.replace(
new RegExp(
"(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" +
$.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term) +
")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "gi"
), "<strong>$1</strong>"),
value: text,
option: this
};
}));
},
select: function (event, ui) {
ui.item.option.selected = true;
self._trigger("selected", event, {
item: ui.item.option
});
_doPostBack('<%= ddlModalities.UniqueID %>', "");
},
change: function (event, ui) {
if (!ui.item) {
var matcher = new RegExp("^" + $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex($(this).val()) + "$", "i"),
valid = false;
select.children("option").each(function () {
if ($(this).text().match(matcher)) {
this.selected = valid = true;
$(select).change();
return false;
}
});
if (!valid) {
// remove invalid value, as it didn't match anything
$(this).val("");
select.val("");
input.data("autocomplete").term = "";
return false;
}
}
}
})
.addClass("ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-left");
input.data("autocomplete")._renderItem = function (ul, item) {
return $("<li></li>")
.data("item.autocomplete", item)
.append("<a>" + item.label + "</a>")
.appendTo(ul);
};
$("<a>")
.attr("tabIndex", -1)
.attr("title", "Show All Items")
.appendTo(wrapper)
.button({
icons: {
primary: "ui-icon-triangle-1-s"
},
text: false
})
.removeClass("ui-corner-all")
.addClass("ui-corner-right ui-button-icon")
.click(function () {
// close if already visible
if (input.autocomplete("widget").is(":visible")) {
input.autocomplete("close");
return;
}
// work around a bug (likely same cause as #5265)
$(this).blur();
// pass empty string as value to search for, displaying all results
input.autocomplete("search", "");
input.focus();
});
},
destroy: function () {
this.wrapper.remove();
this.element.show();
$.Widget.prototype.destroy.call(this);
}
});
})(jQuery);
$(function () {
$("#<%=ddlModalities.ClientID %>").combobox();
});
</script>
<div class="ui-widget">
<asp:DropDownList runat="server" ID="ddlModalities" Width="150px" AutoPostBack="True"
DataSourceID="odsModalitiesNoWorklist" DataTextField="Ae" DataValueField="Id"
CssClass="ddlStandardWidth" OnDataBound="ddlModalities_DataBound" OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddlModalities_SelectedIndexChanged" />
</div>
