These are extensions to the jQuery UI Autocomplete widget.
Enable accent folding in your search terms. This makes it possible to search for values that contain accents without requiring the user to type the accented characters. For example, a user could search for "Jörn" by simply typing "Jorn".
This extension does not expose any API. Accent folding is automatically enabled for all autocomplete fields.
Automatically select an item if the user types a valid value and leaves the text field without explicitly selecting the item from the menu.
This extension does not expose any API. Values are automatically selected for all autocomplete fields if there is a perfect match in the results.
Allow HTML to be displayed for each item's label.
This extension adds a boolean html
option. When set to true, the label will be interpreted as HTML. When set to false, the label will be interpreted as text.
Automatically place focus on the first item in the menu. This reduces the number of keystrokes necessary to choose an item.
This extension adds a boolean selectFirst
option. When set to true, the first item in the menu will automatically be focused when the menu is shown.