Question

http://community.sciencecareers.org/mt-static/plugins/CommunityPlus/js/autocomplete/
http://community.sciencecareers.org/mt-static/plugins/CommunityPlus/js/autocomplete/demo/

Trying to programmatically trigger the display of the autocompletion list results. This, instead of waiting for user input.

Is this doable? (I’ve tried getting the element’s focus, calling a Javascript down-arrow key event. No dice)

Answer 1

If, and only if, you are using a version of jQuery 1.3 or greater, you can create a jQuery.Event object, then trigger() it. I was only able to get it to work if the element is also focused. So this code works for the “E-Mail (local):” example on the demo page.

var e = jQuery.Event("keydown");
e.which = 40;
$('#suggest13').trigger('focus').attr('value',' ').trigger(e);

I’m not sure exactly what your situation is, I think it’s somewhat dependent on the autocomplete actually showing something if only a space is pressed. That’s not always the case.