Question

I am trying to use autocomplete which call a method on the server to populate the list.

Corresponding JS file calls

$(function () {
    $("#search").autocomplete(
    {
        source: "requests/search",
        minLength: 2,
        select: function (event, ui) {
            //Here I would like to send the parameters.
            var itemid = ui.item.id;
            alert(itemid);
            // How to call another ajax method.
        }
    })
  });

Answer 1

Call its search method inside select event. Try this.

$(function () {
    $("#search").autocomplete(
    {
        source: "requests/search",
        minLength: 2,
        select: function (event, ui) {
            $(this).autocomplete( "search" , ui.item.value );
        }
    })
});