Autocomplete Combobox from Documentation Bugs
The autocomplete combobox has the following bugs:
- submits forms when you select an item
- does not take into account the initially selected option
- you cannot set the value of the combobox programatically
I solved these issues and the code I added will work for jQuery ui 1.8.
Note: I also have a 'set_empty' call that will only set the combobx if it is empty. I was using this for starting with a value if one had not been previously set. Feel free to rip it out if you don't want/need it.