How to choose the text without selection in jquery chosen plugin

Question

The below is my code my problem is i just want to implement like kendo i mean not with selection when user types the text and if we won't select the text it should be selected from drop down list as like in kendo In the below image you can see if you type medium and click mouse in sideways i mean without selecting with mouse it loads from drop down.

$(function(){
    $(".chosen-select").chosen();
});

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://harvesthq.github.io/chosen/chosen.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="http://harvesthq.github.io/chosen/chosen.jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  
<div>
          <em>Multiple Select with Groups</em><br>
          <select data-placeholder="Your Favorite Football Team" style="width:350px;" class="chosen-select" multiple tabindex="6">
            <option value=""></option>
            <optgroup label="NFC EAST">
              <option>Dallas Cowboys</option>
              <option>New York Giants</option>
              <option>Philadelphia Eagles</option>
              <option>Washington Redskins</option>
            </optgroup>
            <optgroup label="NFC NORTH">
              <option>Chicago Bears</option>
              <option>Detroit Lions</option>
              <option>Green Bay Packers</option>
              <option>Minnesota Vikings</option>
            </optgroup>
            <optgroup label="NFC SOUTH">
              <option>Atlanta Falcons</option>
              <option>Carolina Panthers</option>
              <option>New Orleans Saints</option>
              <option>Tampa Bay Buccaneers</option>
            </optgroup>
            <optgroup label="NFC WEST">
              <option>Arizona Cardinals</option>
              <option>St. Louis Rams</option>
              <option>San Francisco 49ers</option>
              <option>Seattle Seahawks</option>
            </optgroup>
            <optgroup label="AFC EAST">
              <option>Buffalo Bills</option>
              <option>Miami Dolphins</option>
              <option>New England Patriots</option>
              <option>New York Jets</option>
            </optgroup>
            <optgroup label="AFC NORTH">
              <option>Baltimore Ravens</option>
              <option>Cincinnati Bengals</option>
              <option>Cleveland Browns</option>
              <option>Pittsburgh Steelers</option>
            </optgroup>
            <optgroup label="AFC SOUTH">
              <option>Houston Texans</option>
              <option>Indianapolis Colts</option>
              <option>Jacksonville Jaguars</option>
              <option>Tennessee Titans</option>
            </optgroup>
            <optgroup label="AFC WEST">
              <option>Denver Broncos</option>
              <option>Kansas City Chiefs</option>
              <option>Oakland Raiders</option>
              <option>San Diego Chargers</option>
            </optgroup>
          </select>
        </div>    

Answer 1

The only way I found to do so is once the dropdown is hidden - check if the value of the input is the same as the value of the first element in the drop down, and if so - trigger the mouseup for that element (inside the dropdown):

Check live sample:

$(".chosen-select").chosen();
$(".chosen-select").bind('chosen:hiding_dropdown', function(e, i) {
  searched_value = i.chosen.get_search_text();
  firstElementOnDropdown = i.chosen.search_results.find('li.active-result').first()
  if (firstElementOnDropdown.text().toLowerCase() == searched_value.toLowerCase()) {
    firstElementOnDropdown.trigger('mouseup');
    var t = i;
    setTimeout(function() {
      t.chosen.input_blur();
    }, 150);
  }
});

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://harvesthq.github.io/chosen/chosen.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://harvesthq.github.io/chosen/chosen.jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<div>
  <em>Multiple Select with Groups</em><br>
  <select data-placeholder="Your Favorite Football Team" style="width:350px;" class="chosen-select" multiple tabindex="6">
    <option value=""></option>
    <optgroup label="NFC EAST">
      <option>Dallas Cowboys</option>
      <option>New York Giants</option>
      <option>Philadelphia Eagles</option>
      <option>Washington Redskins</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="NFC NORTH">
      <option>Chicago Bears</option>
      <option>Detroit Lions</option>
      <option>Green Bay Packers</option>
      <option>Minnesota Vikings</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="NFC SOUTH">
      <option>Atlanta Falcons</option>
      <option>Carolina Panthers</option>
      <option>New Orleans Saints</option>
      <option>Tampa Bay Buccaneers</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="NFC WEST">
      <option>Arizona Cardinals</option>
      <option>St. Louis Rams</option>
      <option>San Francisco 49ers</option>
      <option>Seattle Seahawks</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="AFC EAST">
      <option>Buffalo Bills</option>
      <option>Miami Dolphins</option>
      <option>New England Patriots</option>
      <option>New York Jets</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="AFC NORTH">
      <option>Baltimore Ravens</option>
      <option>Cincinnati Bengals</option>
      <option>Cleveland Browns</option>
      <option>Pittsburgh Steelers</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="AFC SOUTH">
      <option>Houston Texans</option>
      <option>Indianapolis Colts</option>
      <option>Jacksonville Jaguars</option>
      <option>Tennessee Titans</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup label="AFC WEST">
      <option>Denver Broncos</option>
      <option>Kansas City Chiefs</option>
      <option>Oakland Raiders</option>
      <option>San Diego Chargers</option>
    </optgroup>
  </select>
</div>

Update

Added setTimeout to blur the input (which cause the menu to close), since there is another setTimeout inside the code of chosen so needed to hide it after it's shown.

Explanation: Inside the chosen code there is is a setTimeout function to show the menu. I needed to overcome this behavior so I added a new setTimeout, but with higher interval.

The setTimeout gets 2 arguments

• Function to run
• Time to wait (in milliseconds).

The function will run after the timeout is up. In my sample - the function is call the input_blur of the chosen menu (to make sure the menu is hidden), and I made sure it's called after 150 milliseconds).