Thanks, but that is completely over my head at this point. I am not
even perfectly clear on what "X = $(this)" means or why "var x = this"
is needed here.
Mark Thompson
On Jan 14, 1:56 pm, "Diego A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I work around the same issues with several other plugins as well...
> I'll explain how I solve it, maybe that will help others with the same
> problem.
>
> * I add my own 'layer' to the initialization of the plugin. *
>
> Instead of...
> $('input.autocomplete').autocomplete({ /* options */ });
>
> I do this...
> $('input.autocomplete').each(function(){
> var x = this, X = $(this);
> // do stuff...
> X.autocomplete({
> callback: function(event, data, formatted){
> // do stuff...
> X.change();
> }
> });
>
> });
>
> My 'layer' gets a little more complicated because I implement my own
> integration methods using the metadata plugin, but this should give
> you an idea of how to get started...
>
> On Jan 14, 6:24 pm, dustyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the input, Sheldon.
>
> > What you have said sounds logical, but I think that I may be
> > experiencing a different problem because what I am referring to is
> > when something is selected in the dropdown (which puts the selected
> > value into the input box) and then the input loses focus, onchange
> > apparently does not fire. I would think that this lack of firing
> > should not be the default case, so that it would mirror the behavior
> > of a select box, or, at least, that the default could be readily
> > overridden or that some other event could be tied to in order to have
> > similar behavior to a select box.
>
> > Also, I would prefer to have the updatePartyAddress function called
> > only when the input loses focus and has changed its value and
> > therefore do not much like the idea of tying the updatePartyAddress
> > function to onkeyup.
>
> > I can possibly see how to correctly call the updatePartyAddress
> > function directly if theautocompletefunction selectItem() is called
> > when an item is selected in anautocompletedropdown and onItemSelect
> > points to a function that I can have call updatePartyAddress and I
> > have a reference to the particular input box that has had its value
> > selected. So far, though, I do not know how to programmatically refer
> > to the input box that has had its value changed so that I can call
> > updatePartyAddress with a reference to this input box (and with a
> > value that now has to be extracted from its name but that was directly
> > written into the previously used onchange JavaScript function--unless
> > I can call the onchange function directly).
>
> > Mark Thompson
>
> > On Jan 11, 1:40 pm, Sheldon Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Keep in mind that the onchange event for a text input box is only
> > > fired when the input loses focus. Tying your updatePartyAddress
> > > function to onkeyup instead of onchange is one way to get it to fire
> > > after every letter.
>
> > > That being said, it should be firing if you type in some letters and
> > > click on the page outside the box - if it's still not firing in that
> > > situation, it's a different problem.
>
> > > Sheldon Griffin
>
> > > On Jan 10, 1:16 pm, dustyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > I am trying to replace a previous bit of html that managed input by
> > > > both an input and a select box with a single input field using
> > > > jquery.autocomplete.js, but I have not been able to getautocomplete
> > > > to use the onchange JavaScript code used by that previous bit of html.
> > > > I have gottenautocompleteto display and select all the values
> > > > correctly in multiple analogous fields on the same form, but I do not
> > > > know how to have it trigger the code that was previously run under an
> > > > onchange event. Unfortunately, I do not understand much of the jquery
> > > > andautocompletecode, and I am only moderately more familiar with
> > > > JavaScript.
>
> > > > I am sorry if this is somewhat of a duplicate message. I posted a
> > > > message last night under the same nickname, dustyt, but from a
> > > > different account, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I cannot now access the
> > > > group from this account (I can read messages--although I do not see my
> > > > posting from last night--but the group wants me to join before
> > > > posting, yet I am already a member) due to some weirdness with Google
> > > > and signing in. When I joined the group last night, it gave me access
> > > > to the Members, but now says that I must be a manager to do so or that
> > > > jquery_en is not a group. More weirdness.
>
> > > > Here is a bit of the current relevant code:
> > > > <input class="text" id="city<%=addID%>" type="text"
> > > > name="city<%=addID%>" size="30" maxlength="120" value="<c:out value="$
> > > > {partyAddress.city}"/>" onchange="javascript: updatePartyAddress(this,
> > > > <%=addID%>);" >
> > > > ...
> > > > var idList = "<%=addIDStringBuffer.toString()%>";
> > > > var idArray = idList.split(",");
>
> > > > $(document).ready(function() {
> > > > for(var i=0; i< idArray.length; i++) {
> > > > $("#city"+idArray[i]).autocompleteArray(
> > > > [
> > > > <%=cityList.toString()%>
> > > > ],
> > > > {
> > > > delay:10,
> > > > minChars:1,
> > > > matchSubset:1,
> > > > onItemSelect:selectItem,
> > > > onFindValue:findValue,
> > > > autoFill:true,
> > > > maxItemsToShow:10
> > > > }
> > > > );
> > > > }
>
> > > > });
>
> > > > Perhaps something to do with selectItem is needed?
> > > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> > > > Mark R. Thompson
