Question

i am trying to implement an autocomplete combobox using jquery ui plugin.

with the below mentioned code i am able to achieve the autocomplete part but not the dropdown part (due to the uncaught typeerror the dropdown arrow is not visible)

$.widget( "ui.combobox", {
        _create: function() {
            var input,
                self = this,
                select = this.element.hide(),
                selected = select.children( ":selected" ),
                value = selected.val() ? selected.text() : "",
                wrapper = this.wrapper = $( "<span>" )
                    .addClass( "ui-combobox" )
                    .insertAfter( select );

            input = $( "<input>" )
                .appendTo( wrapper )
                .val( value )
                .addClass( "ui-state-default ui-combobox-input" )
                .autocomplete({
                    delay: 0,
                    minLength: 0,
                    source: function( request, response ) {
                        var matcher = new RegExp( $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i" );
                        response( select.children( "option" ).map(function() {
                            var text = $( this ).text();
                            if ( this.value && ( !request.term || matcher.test(text) ) )
                                return {
                                    label: text.replace(
                                        new RegExp(
                                            "(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" +
                                            $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term) +
                                            ")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "gi"
                                        ), "<strong>$1</strong>" ),
                                    value: text,
                                    option: this
                                };
                        }) );
                    },
                    select: function( event, ui ) {
                        ui.item.option.selected = true;
                        self._trigger( "selected", event, {
                            item: ui.item.option
                        });
                    },
                    change: function( event, ui ) {
                        if ( !ui.item ) {
                            var matcher = new RegExp( "^" + $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex( $(this).val() ) + "$", "i" ),
                                valid = false;
                            select.children( "option" ).each(function() {
                                if ( $( this ).text().match( matcher ) ) {
                                    this.selected = valid = true;
                                    return false;
                                }
                            });
                            if ( !valid ) {
                                // remove invalid value, as it didn't match anything
                                $( this ).val( "" );
                                select.val( "" );
                                input.data( "autocomplete" ).term = "";
                                return false;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                })
                .addClass( "ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-left" );

            input.data( "autocomplete" )._renderItem = function( ul, item ) {
                return $( "<li></li>" )
                    .data( "item.autocomplete", item )
                    .append( "<a>" + item.label + "</a>" )
                    .appendTo( ul );
            };

            $( "<a>" )
                .attr( "tabIndex", -1 )
                .attr( "title", "Show All Items" )
                .appendTo( wrapper )
                .button({
                    icons: {
                        primary: "ui-icon-triangle-1-s"
                    },
                    text: false
                })
                .removeClass( "ui-corner-all" )
                .addClass( "ui-corner-right ui-combobox-toggle" )
                .click(function() {
                    // close if already visible
                    if ( input.autocomplete( "widget" ).is( ":visible" ) ) {
                        input.autocomplete( "close" );
                        return;
                    }

                    // work around a bug (likely same cause as #5265)
                    $( this ).blur();

                    // pass empty string as value to search for, displaying all results
                    input.autocomplete( "search", "" );
                    input.focus();
                });
        },

        destroy: function() {
            this.wrapper.remove();
            this.element.show();
            $.Widget.prototype.destroy.call( this );
        }
    });



    $( "#combobox" ).combobox();

The above code is under document.ready.
The error is thrown due to ‘.button’ method.

The html:

        <tr>
            <td><label>Country:</label></td>
            <td>

            <div class="ui-widget">

                    <select id="combobox">
                        <option value="">Select one...</option>
                          <option value="ActionScript">ActionScript</option>
                          <option value="AppleScript">AppleScript</option>
                          <option value="Asp">Asp</option>
                          <option value="BASIC">BASIC</option>
                          <option value="C">C</option>      
                    </select>

            </div>
            </td>
        </tr>

combobox css,

.ui-combobox {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
}
.ui-combobox-toggle {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    margin-left: -1px;
    padding: 0;
    /* adjust styles for IE 6/7 */
    *height: 1.7em;
    *top: 0.1em;
}
.ui-combobox-input {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0.3em;
}

The script sequence is,

  <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo base_url('/assets/js/jquery.js'); ?>"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo base_url('/assets/js/validation.js'); ?>"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo base_url('/assets/autocomplete/js/jquery-ui-1.8.21.custom.min.js'); ?>"></script>


    <?= $_scripts ?>

• jquery version 1.7.2, jquery ui version 1.8.21
• i have tried rearranging the sequence of the scripts
• there are no multiple instances of different jquery versions.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Your code looks fine so the problem is almost certainly that you didn’t include ui.button in your custom jQuery UI build.

You can verify this by running typeof $.ui.button. If you have it included it will be function, if you do not it will be undefined.

Re-build jQuery UI and make sure to select the Button checkbox.