Question

I am looking for an autocomplete ( or autosuggest) that is good for a search field like this:

<%= form_tag search_path, :method => :get do %>
  <p>
    <%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search] %>
    <%= submit_tag "Search", :name => nil %>
<% end %>

I try to use Crowdint rails3 jquery autocomplete but it does not work because of the params[:search] inside of the search text_field_tag.

What are my other options for autocomplete?

Answer 1

Theres an autocomplete in the jQuery ui library => http://jqueryui.com/

The autocomplete provided by jQuery UI is just a basic autocomplete like you know from sites like google.

You can also use a library which finds on jQuery like token inputs => http://loopj.com/jquery-tokeninput/ it matters which kind of autocomplete you want. Token Inputs is for selecting specific content which has a name and an id. The autocomplete provided by jQuery ui also needs a datasource but its more flexible and doesn’t force you to select one of the existing entries.