JQuery ui autocomplete trigger again on same input field

Question

i am using jquery ui autocomlete for one of my projects, it is working fine bt what i really want is as soon as i hit enter on one of the key suggestions another suggestion box should get displayed displaying some values, so after selecting that second value the whole key-value pair gets enters in the input text field

    var source1 = ['key1','key2',key3',....etc] ; 
var source2 = [ 'value1','value2','value3',....etc] ;             $('#firstInput').autocomplete
({ source: source1, 
select: function(event, ui) 
{ $('#firstInput').autocomplete({ source:source2}); 
} 
});

i applied the above code but dsn't work.........only autocomplete gets applied for the first time..:( –

Could you provide some of your code to complete your description? — dakab
– dakab, Commented Aug 2, 2015 at 12:09
var source1 = ['key1','key2',key3',....etc] ; var source2 = [ 'value1','value2','value3',....etc] ; $('#firstInput').autocomplete({ source: source1, select: function(event, ui) { $('#firstInput').autocomplete({ source:source2}); } }); i applied the above code but dsn't work.........only autocomplete gets applied for the first time..:( — lokesh jain
– lokesh jain, Commented Aug 3, 2015 at 7:14

Vishnu Atrai · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-02 12:35:56Z

1

Try configure select function with auto-complete, for example below -

$('#firstInput').autocomplete({
source: [ 'value1', 'value2' ], 
select: function(event, ui) { 
   // this handler can be used to trigger other event.  
   console.log(ui.item.id);
}

});

answered Aug 2, 2015 at 12:35

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lokesh jain Over a year ago

I have tried the above solution but it doesn't work , if you have achieved what i am asking can u please show me the specific code you have written inside select event, thanks for answering

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