Build jQuery UI Autocomplete - Categories in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to build jQuery UI Autocomplete - Categories.

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Autocomplete - Categories</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!--from www.  jav a  2  s.  c om-->
<style>
.ui-autocomplete-category {
font-weight: bold;
padding: .2em .4em;
margin: .8em 0 .2em;
line-height: 1.5;
}
</style>
<script>
$.widget( "custom.catcomplete", $.ui.autocomplete, {
_renderMenu: function( ul, items ) {
var that = this,
currentCategory = "";
$.each( items, function( index, item ) {
if ( item.category != currentCategory ) {
ul.append( "<li class='ui-autocomplete-category'>" + item.category + "</li>" );
currentCategory = item.category;
}
that._renderItemData( ul, item );
});
}
});
</script>
<script>
$(function() {
var data = [
{ label: "anders", category: "" },
{ label: "andreas", category: "" },
{ label: "antal", category: "" },
{ label: "annhhx10", category: "Products" },
{ label: "annk K12", category: "Products" },
{ label: "annttop C13", category: "Products" },
{ label: "anders andersson", category: "People" },
{ label: "andreas andersson", category: "People" },
{ label: "andreas johnson", category: "People" }
];

$( "#search" ).catcomplete({
delay: 0,
source: data
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<label for="search">Search: </label>
<input id="search">

<div class="demo-description">
<p>A categorized search result. Try typing "a" or "n".</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Click to view the demo

The code above generates the following result.

Build jQuery UI Autocomplete - Categories in JavaScript

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