jQuery Autocomplete
The jQuery Autocomplete plug-in searches and filters based on user input values, allowing users to quickly find and select from a list of preset values. By giving focus to an Autocomplete field or typing characters into it, the plug-in starts searching for matching entries and displays a list of values to choose from. By entering more characters, the user can filter the list for better matches.
This plug-in is now part of jQuery UI, and the independent version will not be updated. The current version is 1.6.
Visit the jQuery Autocomplete official website and download the jQuery Autocomplete plug-in.
Example demonstration
jQuery Autocomplete plug-in demonstration.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Autocomplete - Default functionality</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css">
<script>
$(function() {
var availableTags = [
"ActionScript",
"AppleScript",
"Asp",
"BASIC",
"C",
"C++",
"Clojure",
"COBOL",
"ColdFusion",
"Erlang",
"Fortran",
"Groovy",
"Haskell",
"Java",
"JavaScript",
"Lisp",
"Perl",
"PHP",
"Python",
"Ruby",
"Scala",
"Scheme"
];
$( "#tags" ).autocomplete({
source: availableTags
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="ui-widget">
<label for="tags">Tags: </label>
<input id="tags">
</div>
</body>
</html>Run the code and try it
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