Question

When I have simple drop down box

<select id="fruits">
<option value="apple">Apple</option>
<option value="orange">Orange</option>
<option value="banana" disabled="true">Banana</option>
</select>

The Banana Option is disabled in the drop down.

When I tried to use Jquery Autocomplete Combo box

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

The Autocomplete dropdown works fine, but the option Banana ( which has disabled option set ) is not disabled.

Answer 1

Assuming it’s the combobox in the demo
http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/

try replacing this line:

response( select.children( "option" ).map(function() {

with:

response( select.children( "option" ).not(':disabled').map(function() {

You could also use the excellent Chosen select element formatter which combines a search box with a formatted select element.