jQuery-UI Autocomplete submitting form onclick of item from dropdown list

Question

I\'m using the jQueryUI autocomplete() function and I can\'t figure out how to have my form submit when an item is selected.

I think the issue is with t

Answer 1

Yeah Alice is also right. You just need to add this line in your onclick function:

 $('#search_form').submit();

where search_form is the id of your form.

Answer 2

Andrew was correct, see the fiddle he mentioned. If you switch the part with "ui.item" to "ui.item.value" the select: function() now works perfectly.

Answer 3

Yes it works

Except if you expect to get the value in your server-side script in the page called by action...

For now, no way to find why auto-submit of the form after selection by mouse or by keyboard, and the $(event.target).val(ui.item.value) line, don't deliver the value in $_POST array