How to trigger the autocomplete

[nomoregrapes]

Can I manually trigger the autocomplete function?

I want to do something along the lines of...

//usual initialization of easyautocomplete on ".autocomplete_input" 
//when specific/external event happens...
var someNewValueIWantToAddWithJavascript = "United Kingdom";
$(".autocomplete_input" ).val(someNewValueIWantToAddWithJavascript);
$(".autocomplete_input" ).trigger("change"));

But the trigger("change") doesn't trigger the ajax call for autocomplete and so the results list never displays. I figure there must be an easy way to do this, but I've tried several triggers and to no success.

[ronnievisser]

same problem here, have you solved it?

[midnightcodr]

Wondering the same thing ...

[princeofnaxos]

There is no trigger event, but this workaround works for me:

var e = jQuery.Event("keyup");
e.which = 8; //choose the one you want
e.keyCode = 8;

$(input).val(value).trigger(e);

It's not perfect (the list won't disappear when clicking an item), but it is at least something.

[princeofnaxos]

I made some changes to the script:
jquery.easy-autocomplete.js.zip

and now I can do this:

$(input).val(value).trigger('change');

[socheatsok78]

You can just use key 41

var evt = jQuery.Event("keyup");
evt.keyCode = 41; // 41 key is for select
$(e.target).trigger(evt);

It quite annoying that this has to be done this way, but that fine.

[ThiagoDosSantos]

@socheatsok78 you save my day! thanks!