jQuery Autocomplete using extraParams to pass additional GET variables

Question

I am referring specifically to the jQuery Autocomplete v1.1 plugin by Jörn Zaefferer [source: http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/] as there seems to

Answer 1

Try this:

$('.ajax-auto input').setOptions({
  extraParams: {
    search_type: function(){
      return $(this).attr('name');
    }
  }
})

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