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 really like what andyb did, but I needed it to do a little more around event handling to be able to handle triggering the a change event because "selected" doesn't handle when hitting enter or losing focus on the input (hitting tab or mouse click).

As such, using what andyb did as a base as well as the latest version of the jQuery Autocomplete script, I created the following solution: DEMO

• Enter: Chooses the first item if menu is visible
• Focus Lost: Partial match triggers not found message and clears entry (jQuery UI), but fully typed answer "selects" that value (not case sensative)

How Change method can be utlized:

$("#combobox").combobox({
    selected: function (event, ui) {
        $("#output").text("Selected Event >>> " + $("#combobox").val());
    }
})
.change(function (e) {
    $("#output").text("Change Event >>> " + $("#combobox").val());
});

Hopefully this helps others who need additional change event functionality to compensate for gaps that "selected" leaves open.