jQuery combobox/autocomplete but editable

Question

I\'m using the jQuery Autocomplete but I need it to be editable. What I mean is that if a value isn\'t in the list, I need to capture the value they entered. Using the example

Answer 1

Using the cleaner solution from darkajax, and the following line of code:

var valu = $("#combobox").parent().children()[1].value;

I was able to get the value of the combobox.