You need a callback. Real world example:
I select a species thru autocomplete. I need to know how rare a
species is inthe form, The autocomplete should pass me that, but it
should not show up in the input field.
On 8/29/06, Stefan Petre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jörn Zaefferer wrote:
> > Stefan Petre wrote:
> >
> >> Sure, I will implement this option. Any suggestion for the parameters
> >> to send to the callback?
> >>
> > How about this:
> > text - The text of the selected entry
> > value - The value of the selected entry
> > index - The index of the selected entry in the list of available entries
> > input - The characters entered so far before selecting an entry, must
> > take care of autofilled characters, equals 'text' if it was fully entered
> >
> > The order should be optimized so the client has to only specify the
> > parameters he needs most likely, eg. function(text, value) { dosomething }
> >
> > On a side note: If a client can write a callback for this, he should be
> > able to write one for the fx option ;-)
> >
> > -- Jörn
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> Can you give me an example of a case that will use all of this
> parameters? I want to keep it real.
>
> The FX is more appealing then a callback for onselect for starters and
> for that it should have a easy way to implement those effects.
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