Question

Using jQuery autocomplete.. Want to replace “hello” in script below with javascript to identify either the “name” or “id” of the input field… (Will have several instances on a single page, so I’m not using ID, only class…)

    $(".suggest").autocomplete({
        source: function(request, response) {
            console.log(request.term);
            $.ajax({

                url: "http://www.mysite.com/suggest/",
                dataType: "json",
                data: {
                    'q': request.term ,
                    'r': "hello"
                },
                success: function(data) {
                    response(data);
                }
            });
        },


    });

Answer 1

From what I remember it should be this.element:

$(".suggest").autocomplete({
    source: function(request, response) {
        var name = $(this.element).attr('name');
        console.log(request.term);
        $.ajax({

            url: "http://www.mysite.com/suggest/",
            dataType: "json",
            data: {
                'q': request.term ,
                'r': name
            },
            success: function(data) {
                response(data);
            }
        });
    }
});