jQuery block UI exceptions

Question

I am using JQuery UI plugin blockUI to block UI for every ajax request. It works like a charm, however, I don't want to block the UI (Or at least not show the "Please wait" message) when I am making ajax calls to fetch autocomplete suggest items. How do I do that? I am using jquery autocomplete plugin for autocomplete functionality.

Is there a way I can tell the block UI plug-in to not block UI for autocomplete?

Answer 1

$('#myWidget').autocomplete({
    source: function(data, callback) {
        $.ajax({
            global: false,  // <-- this is the key!
            url: 'http:...',
            dataType: 'json',
            data: data,
            success: callback
        });
    }
});