Ok, think I've got it now... jQuery.autocomplete = function(input, options) {
// Create a link to self
var me = this;
// Create jQuery object for input element
var $input = $(input).attr("autocomplete", "off");
// Apply inputClass if necessary
if (options.inputClass) $input.addClass(options.inputClass);
// Create results
var results = document.createElement("div");
// Create jQuery object for results
var $results = $(results);
$results.hide().addClass(options.resultsClass).css("position", "absolute");
if( options.width > 0 ) $results.css("width", options.width);
// Add to body element
$("body").append(results);
input.autocompleter = me;
var timeout = null;
var prev = "";
var active = -1;
var cache = {};
var keyb = false;
var hasFocus = false;
var lastKeyPressCode = null;
// flush cache
function flushCache(){
cache = {};
cache.data = {};
cache.length = 0;
};
// flush cache
flushCache();
// if there is a data array supplied
if( options.data != null ){
var sFirstChar = "", stMatchSets = {}, row = [];
// no url was specified, we need to adjust the cache length to make sure it fits the local data store
if( typeof options.url != "string" ) options.cacheLength = 1;
// loop through the array and create a lookup structure
for( var i=0; i < options.data.length; i++ ){
// if row is a string, make an array otherwise just reference the array
row = ((typeof options.data[i] == "string") ? [options.data[i]] : options.data[i]);
/*// if the length is zero, don't add to list
if( row[0].length > 0 ){
// get the first character
sFirstChar = row[0].substring(0, 1).toLowerCase();
// if no lookup array for this character exists, look it up now
if( !stMatchSets[sFirstChar] ) stMatchSets[sFirstChar] = [];
// if the match is a string
stMatchSets[sFirstChar].push(row);
}*/
// if the length is zero, don't add to list
if( row[0].length > 0 ){
// Go through each character in the data string and index a match
var tmpArray = [];
for (var j = 1; j <= row[0].length; j++) {
// get the next character
sNextChar = row[0].substring(j-1, j).toLowerCase();
// Check whether this character already exists in the temp array.
// If it does, we skip it to ensure the phrase is not added twice
// to the cache
var alreadyIndexed = false;
for (var k = 0; k < tmpArray.length; k++){
if(tmpArray[k] == sNextChar) {
alreadyIndexed = true;
}
}
// Character has not been skipped so index the match
if (!alreadyIndexed) {
tmpArray.push(sNextChar);
// if no lookup array for this character exists, look it up now
if( !stMatchSets[sNextChar] ) stMatchSets[sNextChar] = [];
// if the match is a string
stMatchSets[sNextChar].push(row);
}
}
}
}
// add the data items to the cache
for( var k in stMatchSets ){
// increase the cache size
options.cacheLength++;
// add to the cache
addToCache(k, stMatchSets[k]);
}
}
$input
.keydown(function(e) {
// track last key pressed
lastKeyPressCode = e.keyCode;
switch(e.keyCode) {
case 38: // up
e.preventDefault();
moveSelect(-1);
break;
case 40: // down
e.preventDefault();
moveSelect(1);
break;
case 9: // tab
case 13: // return
if( selectCurrent() ){
// make sure to blur off the current field
$input.get(0).blur();
e.preventDefault();
}
break;
default:
active = -1;
if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
timeout = setTimeout(function(){onChange();}, options.delay);
break;
}
})
.focus(function(){
// track whether the field has focus, we shouldn't process any results if the field no longer has focus
hasFocus = true;
})
.blur(function() {
// track whether the field has focus
hasFocus = false;
hideResults();
});
hideResultsNow();
function onChange() {
// ignore if the following keys are pressed: [del] [shift] [capslock]
if( lastKeyPressCode == 46 || (lastKeyPressCode > 8 && lastKeyPressCode < 32) ) return $results.hide();
var v = $input.val();
if (v == prev) return;
prev = v;
if (v.length >= options.minChars) {
$input.addClass(options.loadingClass);
requestData(v);
} else {
$input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
$results.hide();
}
};
function moveSelect(step) {
var lis = $("li", results);
if (!lis) return;
active += step;
if (active < 0) {
active = 0;
} else if (active >= lis.size()) {
active = lis.size() - 1;
}
lis.removeClass("ac_over");
$(lis[active]).addClass("ac_over");
// Weird behaviour in IE
// if (lis[active] && lis[active].scrollIntoView) {
// lis[active].scrollIntoView(false);
// }
};
function selectCurrent() {
var li = $("li.ac_over", results)[0];
if (!li) {
var $li = $("li", results);
if (options.selectOnly) {
if ($li.length == 1) li = $li[0];
} else if (options.selectFirst) {
li = $li[0];
}
}
if (li) {
selectItem(li);
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
};
function selectItem(li) {
if (!li) {
li = document.createElement("li");
li.extra = [];
li.selectValue = "";
}
var v = $.trim(li.selectValue ? li.selectValue : li.innerHTML);
input.lastSelected = v;
prev = v;
$results.html("");
$input.val(v);
hideResultsNow();
if (options.onItemSelect) setTimeout(function() { options.onItemSelect(li) }, 1);
};
// selects a portion of the input string
function createSelection(start, end){
// get a reference to the input element
var field = $input.get(0);
if( field.createTextRange ){
var selRange = field.createTextRange();
selRange.collapse(true);
selRange.moveStart("character", start);
selRange.moveEnd("character", end);
selRange.select();
} else if( field.setSelectionRange ){
field.setSelectionRange(start, end);
} else {
if( field.selectionStart ){
field.selectionStart = start;
field.selectionEnd = end;
}
}
field.focus();
};
// fills in the input box w/the first match (assumed to be the best match)
function autoFill(sValue){
// if the last user key pressed was backspace, don't autofill
if( lastKeyPressCode != 8 ){
//$input.val(sValue);
// select the portion of the value not typed by the user (so the next character will erase)
//createSelection(prev.length, sValue.length);
}
};
/*
// fills in the input box w/the first match (assumed to be the best match)
function autoFill(sValue){
// if the last user key pressed was backspace, don't autofill
if( lastKeyPressCode != 8 ){
// fill in the value (keep the case the user has typed)
$input.val($input.val() + sValue.substring(prev.length));
// select the portion of the value not typed by the user (so the next character will erase)
createSelection(prev.length, sValue.length);
}
};*/
function showResults() {
// get the position of the input field right now (in case the DOM is shifted)
var pos = findPos(input);
// either use the specified width, or autocalculate based on form element
var iWidth = (options.width > 0) ? options.width : $input.width();
// reposition
$results.css({
width: parseInt(iWidth) + "px",
top: (pos.y + input.offsetHeight) + "px",
left: pos.x + "px"
}).show();
};
function hideResults() {
if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
timeout = setTimeout(hideResultsNow, 200);
};
function hideResultsNow() {
if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
$input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
if ($results.is(":visible")) {
$results.hide();
}
if (options.mustMatch) {
var v = $input.val();
if (v != input.lastSelected) {
selectItem(null);
}
}
};
function receiveData(q, data) {
if (data) {
$input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
results.innerHTML = "";
// if the field no longer has focus or if there are no matches, do not display the drop down
if( !hasFocus || data.length == 0 ) return hideResultsNow();
if ($.browser.msie) {
// we put a styled iframe behind the calendar so HTML SELECT elements don't show through
$results.append(document.createElement('iframe'));
}
results.appendChild(dataToDom(data));
// autofill in the complete box w/the first match as long as the user hasn't entered in more data
if( options.autoFill && ($input.val().toLowerCase() == q.toLowerCase()) ) autoFill(data[0][0]);
showResults();
} else {
hideResultsNow();
}
};
function parseData(data) {
if (!data) return null;
var parsed = [];
var rows = data.split(options.lineSeparator);
for (var i=0; i < rows.length; i++) {
var row = $.trim(rows[i]);
if (row) {
parsed[parsed.length] = row.split(options.cellSeparator);
}
}
return parsed;
};
function dataToDom(data) {
var ul = document.createElement("ul");
var num = data.length;
// limited results to a max number
if( (options.maxItemsToShow > 0) && (options.maxItemsToShow < num) ) num = options.maxItemsToShow;
for (var i=0; i < num; i++) {
var row = data[i];
if (!row) continue;
var li = document.createElement("li");
if (options.formatItem) {
li.innerHTML = options.formatItem(row, i, num);
li.selectValue = row[0];
} else {
li.innerHTML = row[0];
li.selectValue = row[0];
}
var extra = null;
if (row.length > 1) {
extra = [];
for (var j=1; j < row.length; j++) {
extra[extra.length] = row[j];
}
}
li.extra = extra;
ul.appendChild(li);
$(li).hover(
function() { $("li", ul).removeClass("ac_over"); $(this).addClass("ac_over"); active = $("li", ul).indexOf($(this).get(0)); },
function() { $(this).removeClass("ac_over"); }
).click(function(e) { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); selectItem(this) });
}
return ul;
};
function requestData(q) {
if (!options.matchCase) q = q.toLowerCase();
var data = options.cacheLength ? loadFromCache(q) : null;
// recieve the cached data
if (data) {
receiveData(q, data);
// if an AJAX url has been supplied, try loading the data now
} else if( (typeof options.url == "string") && (options.url.length > 0) ){
$.get(makeUrl(q), function(data) {
data = parseData(data);
addToCache(q, data);
receiveData(q, data);
});
// if there's been no data found, remove the loading class
} else {
$input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
}
};
function makeUrl(q) {
var url = options.url + "?q=" + encodeURI(q);
for (var i in options.extraParams) {
url += "&" + i + "=" + encodeURI(options.extraParams[i]);
}
return url;
};
function loadFromCache(q) {
if (!q) return null;
if (cache.data[q]) return cache.data[q];
if (options.matchSubset) {
for (var i = q.length - 1; i >= options.minChars; i--) {
var qs = q.substr(0, i);
var c = cache.data[qs];
if (c) {
var csub = [];
for (var j = 0; j < c.length; j++) {
var x = c[j];
var x0 = x[0];
if (matchSubset(x0, q)) {
csub[csub.length] = x;
}
}
return csub;
}
}
}
return null;
};
function matchSubset(s, sub) {
if (!options.matchCase) s = s.toLowerCase();
var i = s.indexOf(sub);
if (i == -1) return false;
//return i == 0 || options.matchContains;
return true;
};
this.flushCache = function() {
flushCache();
};
this.setExtraParams = function(p) {
options.extraParams = p;
};
this.findValue = function(){
var q = $input.val();
if (!options.matchCase) q = q.toLowerCase();
var data = options.cacheLength ? loadFromCache(q) : null;
if (data) {
findValueCallback(q, data);
} else if( (typeof options.url == "string") && (options.url.length > 0) ){
$.get(makeUrl(q), function(data) {
data = parseData(data)
addToCache(q, data);
findValueCallback(q, data);
});
} else {
// no matches
findValueCallback(q, null);
}
}
function findValueCallback(q, data){
if (data) $input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
var num = (data) ? data.length : 0;
var li = null;
for (var i=0; i < num; i++) {
var row = data[i];
if( row[0].toLowerCase() == q.toLowerCase() ){
li = document.createElement("li");
if (options.formatItem) {
li.innerHTML = options.formatItem(row, i, num);
li.selectValue = row[0];
} else {
li.innerHTML = row[0];
li.selectValue = row[0];
}
var extra = null;
if( row.length > 1 ){
extra = [];
for (var j=1; j < row.length; j++) {
extra[extra.length] = row[j];
}
}
li.extra = extra;
}
}
if( options.onFindValue ) setTimeout(function() { options.onFindValue(li) }, 1);
}
function addToCache(q, data) {
if (!data || !q || !options.cacheLength) return;
if (!cache.length || cache.length > options.cacheLength) {
flushCache();
cache.length++;
} else if (!cache[q]) {
cache.length++;
}
cache.data[q] = data;
};
function findPos(obj) {
var curleft = obj.offsetLeft || 0;
var curtop = obj.offsetTop || 0;
while (obj = obj.offsetParent) {
curleft += obj.offsetLeft
curtop += obj.offsetTop
}
return {x:curleft,y:curtop};
}
}
jQuery.fn.autocomplete = function(url, options, data) {
// Make sure options exists
options = options || {};
// Set url as option
options.url = url;
// set some bulk local data
options.data = ((typeof data == "object") && (data.constructor == Array)) ? data : null;
// Set default values for required options
options.inputClass = options.inputClass || "ac_input";
options.resultsClass = options.resultsClass || "ac_results";
options.lineSeparator = options.lineSeparator || "\n";
options.cellSeparator = options.cellSeparator || "|";
options.minChars = options.minChars || 1;
options.delay = options.delay || 400;
options.matchCase = options.matchCase || 0;
options.matchSubset = options.matchSubset || 1;
options.matchContains = options.matchContains || 0;
options.cacheLength = options.cacheLength || 1;
options.mustMatch = options.mustMatch || 0;
options.extraParams = options.extraParams || {};
options.loadingClass = options.loadingClass || "ac_loading";
options.selectFirst = options.selectFirst || false;
options.selectOnly = options.selectOnly || false;
options.maxItemsToShow = options.maxItemsToShow || -1;
options.autoFill = options.autoFill || false;
options.width = parseInt(options.width, 10) || 0;
this.each(function() {
var input = this;
new jQuery.autocomplete(input, options);
});
// Don't break the chain
return this;
}
jQuery.fn.autocompleteArray = function(data, options) {
return this.autocomplete(null, options, data);
}
jQuery.fn.indexOf = function(e){
for( var i=0; i<this.length; i++ ){
if( this[i] == e ) return i;
}
return -1;
}; Only thing is, if your using the matchContains options, it'll probably no longer work.
