Jquery Autocomplete case sensitive for utf-8 characters

Question

I am using jquery autocomplete plugin to search in a long list of names. It works fine for all latin and english characters, but with turkish characters I have problems, as the

Answer 1

I would recommend taking a look at the accent map demo on the jQueryUI examples page. The idea in the demo is to map accent characters to non-accented characters using a hash. I would change your code to look like that demo:

$("#PROVINCE_AC_LEFT_autocomplete_label").autocomplete({
    source: function(request, response) {
        var matcher = new RegExp($.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i");
        response($.grep(tags_PROVINCE_AC_LEFT, function(value) {
            value = value.label || value.value || value;
            return matcher.test(value) || matcher.test(normalize(value));
        }));
    },
    select: function(event, ui) {
        var selectedObj = ui.item;
        $("#PROVINCE_AC_LEFT_autocomplete_label").val(selectedObj.label);
        $("#PROVINCE_AC_LEFT").val(selectedObj.value);
        return false;
    },
    focus: function(event, ui) {
        $(this).val(ui.item.label);
        return false;
    }
});

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/gZ8xz/

(I've only added a few character mappings in the demo)