jquery autocomplete get selected item text

Question

I am wondering how to grab the selected item\'s text value on jquery autocomplete.

I have initialised jquery as following :

$(document).ready(function ()         


        

Answer 1

The ui parameter has an item property with the selected text

function AutoCompleteSelectHandler(event, ui)
{               
    var selectedObj = ui.item;              
    alert(selectedObj.value);
}

source: http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/#event-select go to tab "Events" and then event "Select"