I want to have jquery-ui autocomplete automatically select the answer if there is only one answer that comes back.
I set up the autocomplete with an "open" callback:
$('#people_new_user input[type="text"]').each(
function(index, element) {
var field = element.name;
$(element)
.autocomplete({
source: "/cf/AutoComplete/People?current="+field,
open: openUser
});
});
And in the open callback I look to see if there is only one result, and select it if it is:
function openUser(event, ui)
{
// Try to select the first one if it's the only one
var $children = $(this).data('ui-autocomplete').menu.element.children();
if ($children.size() == 1)
{
$children.first().click();
}
}