Question

Why won’t #input-myBox clear when I select an item? It seems autocomplete is preventing my .val('') to work so how can I workaround this?

$("#input-myBox").autocomplete({
    source: response,
    minLength: 1,
    select: function(event, ui) {
                var selectedObj = ui.item;
                $("#input-myBox").appendTo(".foo");
                $("#input-myBox").val('');  
    }
});

Answer 1

event.preventDefault() stops autocomplete setting the field.

select: function (event, ui) {
  event.preventDefault();
  var selectedObj = ui.item;
  $("#input-myBox").appendTo(".foo");
  $("#input-myBox").val('');  
}