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here is an example of a jquery autocomplete call

in this you will see in the ajax response responses loaded into divs

i think that is what your looking for, of course all the data would have to be modified for your purpose but the outline of what you need is there, you will have to write a php response for the call you are making

1. <script type="text/javascript">
   $().ready(function() {
   
       function log(event, data, formatted) {
           $("<li>").html( !data ? "No match!" : "Selected: " + formatted).appendTo("#result");
       }
      
       function formatItem(row) {
           return row[0] + " (<strong>id: " + row[1] + "</strong>)";
       }
       function formatResult(row) {
           return row[0].replace(/(<.+?>)/gi, '');
       }
   
       $("#txtText2").focus().autocomplete("member_ajax/search2.php?db=<?php echo $_SESSION['db'];?>", {
           width: 300,
           selectFirst: false
        
              
       });
      
        
      
       $("#txtText2").result(function(event, data, formatted){
           var db_type="<?php echo $_SESSION['db_type'];?>";
           var db ="<?php echo $_SESSION['db']; ?>";
           var MyData="db="+db;
           MyData=MyData+"&db_type="+db_type;
           MyData=MyData+"&name="+formatted;
           var debug="0";
           if(document.getElementById('debug')){
               var debug = (document.getElementById('debug').checked==true ? "1" : "0"); }
           MyData=MyData+"&debug="+debug;
                      
           $.ajax( {
               url : 'member_ajax/show_dues.php',
               type : 'post',
               data : MyData,
               success : function( resp ) {
               alert(resp);
               if(debug>0){   
                   $('#debug_div').html($('#inner_debug_div', resp).html());
                   $('#debug_div').show();
                   }
                
           $('#dues_breakdown_div').html($('#inner_dues_breakdown_div', resp).html());
              
           }       
           });
       });           
   });
   </script>
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I am sorry, I wasn't clear enough in my post.

There is fine example in jquery demos - combobox:

http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/#combobox

it use autocomplete, position and button behaviour - check it out - i also use this for my projects. I just need to set up CSS to fit a "button" to your needs.

Also, if you do not want to use Button, just look closer into source code of example. There is a function - open and close Autocomplete. You can use it to attach on regular button, placed next to your autocomplete field.