Trigger UI autocomplete select

Trigger UI autocomplete select

Is there any way to trigger the select event for an autocomplete with an open menu?

I'd like to emulate a tab event in a autocomplete menu.  Summoning a $.click on the selected item works, but is a bit awkward.  

Otherwise, when selecting an item in the menu with the tab key, is there any way to prevent focus from moving to the next input while still selecting the item in the AC?

-Ben