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

I have no clue if this will help anyone, but by giving the input a name, the value was submitted.... (I removed the code that removed invalid entries, of course)

var input = this.input = $("")