JQuery UI Autocomplete set default VALUE using ID (value) instead of Label

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i've created a JQuery UI Autocomplete in which the source is an array of label-value pairs. i need to set the default selected item. i found a way to do that using the desired label, but how can i do that if i have the VALUE instead of the LABEL?

code for setting default value using label string :

$("myAutoCom").autocomplete("search", "someLabel");
var menu = $("myAutoCom").autocomplete("widget");
$(menu[0].children[0]).click();

i have the value,not the label. how can i set selected item depending on value? thanks in advance

I am not sure if it's possible to do what you wan't. But there might be workaround: if you have object containing all the values, you can set the default autocomplete widget value, by passing label accessed by it's value from all values object, something like this: $("myAutoCom").val(allvaluesobject[label_value_key]); — antanas_sepikas
– antanas_sepikas, Commented Nov 30, 2014 at 10:39
Thank u so much! i did as you said. The source of my autocomplete is a two-dimensional array of labels and values,that array is kept in a global variable, so i just searched that array for corresponding label and used it as a default value for my autocomplete — Nina
– Nina, Commented Dec 8, 2014 at 13:52

Nina · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-08 13:59:21Z

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since the source of my autocomplete is an array that contains all label-value pairs, and since i keep that array in a global variable, i just did the following:

searched THAT array for the given value and returned the corresponding label, then used that label to initialize the autocomplete using the code mentioned in the question.

thanks to @sepikas-antanas

answered Dec 8, 2014 at 13:59

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