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Asked: 2026-05-26T23:32:01+00:00

I am trying to use the jquery autocomplete plugin but am having trouble getting

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I am trying to use the jquery autocomplete plugin but am having trouble getting it to attach to my textarea #message or #messageid, (two different ones). It works when I set the function attach() to the onClick events of either element but if I execute it normally, or use $(document).ready(attach()) it doesn’t seem to do anything.

This is the culled code of a page I made to try and debug it that retains the issue (the real page is fairly complex, split into a few files)

Thanks!

<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.easing.1.3.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>


<script type="text/javascript">


$(document).ready(attach())

function attach(){
$("#messageid").autocomplete({

    source: function(request, response){
        $.post("utilities/atuser.php", {data: request}, function(data){

            alert(data);

            });


        },
    appendTo: "#content"
});

}

</script>
</head>
<body>

<form action="utilities/s_shoutout.php" method="post" id="sideshoutout" class="frmshoutout">

    <textarea name="message" cols="25" id="messageid" onclick=";"></textarea>
 <br /><br />
    <input type="submit" />

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try the Following one:

    $(document).ready(function(){ 
    $("#messageid").autocomplete({ 

        source: function(request, response){ 
            $.post("utilities/atuser.php", {data: request}, function(data){ 

                alert(data); 

                }); 


            }, 
        appendTo: "#content" 
    }); 

    });

    Hope this one helps you 🙂

    EDIT: Added missing “);”

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