/* * Unobtrusive autocomplete * * To use it, you just have to include the HTML attribute autocomplete * with the autocomplete URL as the value * * Example: * * * Optionally, you can use a jQuery selector to specify a field that can * be updated with the element id whenever you find a matching value * * Example: * */ $(document).ready(function(){ $('input[data-autocomplete]').railsAutocomplete(); }); (function(jQuery) { var self = null; jQuery.fn.railsAutocomplete = function() { return this.live('focus',function() { if (!this.railsAutoCompleter) { this.railsAutoCompleter = new jQuery.railsAutocomplete(this); } }); }; jQuery.railsAutocomplete = function (e) { _e = e; this.init(_e); }; jQuery.railsAutocomplete.fn = jQuery.railsAutocomplete.prototype = { railsAutocomplete: '0.0.1' }; jQuery.railsAutocomplete.fn.extend = jQuery.railsAutocomplete.extend = jQuery.extend; jQuery.railsAutocomplete.fn.extend({ init: function(e) { e.delimiter = $(e).attr('data-delimiter') || null; function split( val ) { return val.split( e.delimiter ); } function extractLast( term ) { return split( term ).pop().replace(/^\s+/,""); } $(e).autocomplete({ source: function( request, response ) { $.getJSON( $(e).attr('data-autocomplete'), { term: extractLast( request.term ) }, function() { $(arguments[0]).each(function(i, el) { var obj = {}; obj[el.id] = el; $(e).data(obj); }); response.apply(null, arguments); }); }, search: function() { // custom minLength var term = extractLast( this.value ); if ( term.length < 2 ) { return false; } }, focus: function() { // prevent value inserted on focus return false; }, select: function( event, ui ) { var terms = split( this.value ); // remove the current input terms.pop(); // add the selected item terms.push( ui.item.value ); // add placeholder to get the comma-and-space at the end if (e.delimiter != null) { terms.push( "" ); this.value = terms.join( e.delimiter ); } else { this.value = terms.join(""); if ($(this).attr('data-id-element')) { $($(this).attr('data-id-element')).val(ui.item.id); } if ($(this).attr('data-update-elements')) { var data = $(this).data(ui.item.id.toString()); var update_elements = $.parseJSON($(this).attr("data-update-elements")); for (var key in update_elements) { $(update_elements[key]).val(data[key]); } } } var remember_string = this.value; $(this).bind('keyup.clearId', function(){ if($(this).val().trim() != remember_string.trim()){ $($(this).attr('data-id-element')).val(""); $(this).unbind('keyup.clearId'); } }); $(this).trigger('railsAutocomplete.select'); return false; } }); } }); })(jQuery);