set value to jquery autocomplete combobox

Question

I am using jquery autocomplete combobox and everything is ok. But I also want to set specific value through JavaScript like $(\"#value\").val(\"somevalue\") and

Answer 1

I managed a quick and dirty way of setting the value. But, you do need to know both the value and the text of the item that you want to display on the dropdown.

var myValue = foo; // value that you want selected
var myText = bar; // text that you want to display
// You first need to set the value of the (hidden) select list
$('#myCombo').val(myValue);
// ...then you need to set the display text of the actual autocomplete box.
$('#myCombo').siblings('.ui-combobox').find('.ui-autocomplete-input').val(myText);