I am using some code that I have found to convert and option box into a combobox that you can start typing in. It does pretty much exactly what I want it to do. However, there are times when there are no options selected. When this is the case - It just sets the combobox to the first option in the select.
What I would like it to do is if there is no <option selected="selected"> - then set the combo box to be blank.
- <script type="text/javascript">
- (function( $ ) {
- $.widget( "ui.combobox", {
- _create: function() {
- var self = this;
- select = this.element.hide(),
- selected = select.(":selected"),
- value = selected.val() ? selected.text() : " ";
- alert(selected.length);
- var input = this.input = $( "<input>" )
- .insertAfter( select )
- .val( value )
- .autocomplete({
- delay: 0,
- minLength: 0,
- source: function( request, response ) {
- var matcher = new RegExp( $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i" );
- response( select.children( "option" ).map(function() {
- var text = $( this ).text();
- if ( this.value && ( !request.term || matcher.test(text) ) )
- return {
- label: text.replace(
- new RegExp(
- "(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" +
- $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term) +
- ")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "gi"
- ), "<strong>$1</strong>" ),
- value: text,
- option: this
- };
- }) );
- },
- select: function( event, ui ) {
- ui.item.option.selected = true;
- self._trigger( "selected", event, {
- item: ui.item.option
- });
- },
- change: function( event, ui ) {
- if ( !ui.item ) {
- var matcher = new RegExp( "^" + $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex( $(this).val() ) + "$", "i" ),
- valid = false;
- select.children( "option" ).each(function() {
- if ( $( this ).text().match( matcher ) ) {
- this.selected = valid = true;
- return false;
- }
- });
- if ( !valid ) {
- // remove invalid value, as it didn't match anything
- $( this ).val( "" );
- select.val( "" );
- input.data( "autocomplete" ).term = "";
- return false;
- }
- }
- }
- })
- .addClass( "ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-left" );
- input.data( "autocomplete" )._renderItem = function( ul, item ) {
- return $( "<li></li>" )
- .data( "item.autocomplete", item )
- .append( "<a>" + item.label + "</a>" )
- .appendTo( ul );
- };
- this.button = $( "<button type='button'> </button>" )
- .attr( "tabIndex", -1 )
- .attr( "title", "Show All Items" )
- .insertAfter( input )
- .button({
- icons: {
- primary: "ui-icon-triangle-1-s"
- },
- text: false
- })
- .removeClass( "ui-corner-all" )
- .addClass( "ui-corner-right ui-button-icon" )
- .click(function() {
- // close if already visible
- if ( input.autocomplete( "widget" ).is( ":visible" ) ) {
- input.autocomplete( "close" );
- return;
- }
- // pass empty string as value to search for, displaying all results
- input.autocomplete( "search", "" );
- input.focus();
- });
- },
- destroy: function() {
- this.input.remove();
- this.button.remove();
- this.element.show();
- $.Widget.prototype.destroy.call( this );
- }
- });
- })( jQuery );
- $(function() {
- $( "#TicketAssetId" ).combobox();
- $( "#TicketOwner" ).combobox();
- $( "#toggle" ).click(function() {
- $( "#combobox" ).toggle();
- });
- });