That cookbook link you reference is for the Ajax Helper, not the JsHelper. To my knowledge autocomplete is not supported out of the box using the JsHelper. But it's simple enough to do on your own.
http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete Nick On Nov 18, 1:09 am, Louie Miranda <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to migrate my autocomplete to JSHelper using JQuery (As the > default). And I think there are no documentation or examples yet that has > been publicized as of this writing. > > Anyway, I did what the manual has told... > > *Controller:* > var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form', 'Time', 'Js' => array('Jquery')); > > *Default.ctp* > echo > $html->script('http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.3/jquery.min.js'); > $this->Js->JqueryEngine->jQueryObject = '$j'; > print $this->Html->scriptBlock('var $j = jQuery.noConflict();', > array('inline' => false)); //Tell jQuery to go into noconflict mode > > *Now, from autocomplete (under view).* > > *The old code:* > <?php echo $ajax->autoComplete('q', '/publications/autocompletetitle', > array('minChars' => 4, 'class' => 'search')); ?> > > *Was switched to the following:* > <?php echo $js->autoComplete('q', '/publications/autocompletetitle', > array('minChars' => 4, 'class' => 'search')); ?> > > And the usual, it did not worked! :(. I turned-on debug and found this error > message. > *JsHelper:: Missing Method autoComplete is undefined > [CORE/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php, line 154]* > > So, I searched the API for > JSHelper.http://api13.cakephp.org/view_source/js-helper/ > > And I did not find the code. The odd thing was actually following the > example of the cakephp book for 1.3 for > autocomplete.http://book.cakephp.org/view/1370/autoComplete, and it turned > out wrong. > > Any ideas, how can I make autocomplete work on the new JSHelper? But, if the > method does not exist, then it won't make any sense. I think I am missing > something here? :( > > Please help. > -- > Louie Miranda > - Email: [email protected] > - Web:http://www.louiemiranda.com Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en
