autocomplete with multiple hyperlinks in the list

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I'm trying to use jquery autocomplete plugin to display autocomplete for input field, and to list hyperlinks which match users input before user selects search.
http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/autocomplete

This would be similar to the Google interface.
I have the below code which works fine for the input field, but I'm can't seem to figure out how to update the result or ListOfLinks section with the hyperlinks matching what user has typed (before user enters submit).

  
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>

<title>jQuery Autocomplete Plugin</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="includes/jquery-1.6.1.min.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/jquery.bgiframe.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/jquery.ajaxQueue.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/thickbox-compressed.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/jquery.autocomplete.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/localdata.js'></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/main.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/jquery.autocomplete.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/thickbox.css" />
	
<script type="text/javascript">
$().ready(function() {
	$("#singleBirdRemote").autocomplete("autocompletequery.jsp", {
		width: 260,
		selectFirst: false
	}
	);
	
// 	$(":text, textarea").result(findValueCallback).next().click(function() {
// 		$(this).prev().search();
// 	});
	
	$("#singleBirdRemote").result(function(event, data, formatted) {
		if (data)
			$(this).parent().next().find("input").val(data[1]);
	});
	
});

</script>
</head>
<body>
	<form autocomplete="off">
		<p>
			<input type="text" id="singleBirdRemote" />
			<input type="button" value="Get Value" />
		</p>
	</form>
	
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<div  id="ListOfLinks" >
		This is a test
	</div>
	<br/>
	<br/>

	<h3>Result:</h3> <ol id="result"></ol>
	
</body>
</html>

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How can I add logic to update the other fields while user is entering text in the input field?
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colr__

Commented:
Try replacing this:

$("#singleBirdRemote").result(function(event, data, formatted) {
		if (data)
			$(this).parent().next().find("input").val(data[1]);
	});

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With this:

$("#singleBirdRemote").result(function(event, data, formatted) {
		if (data){
		       $(this).parent().next().find("input").val(data[1]);
		       $('#ListOfLinks').html(data[1]);
		}
	});

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This should update the value of the text field with the autocomplete data, and also update the 'innerHtml' of the ListOfLinks section

Axter

Author

Commented:
Thanks colr,
I tried it, but it had no effect.

Neither result field, nor ListOfLinks got updated.
Commented:
I found my own solution.
  
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>

<title>jQuery Autocomplete Plugin</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="includes/jquery-1.6.1.min.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/jquery.bgiframe.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/jquery.ajaxQueue.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/thickbox-compressed.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/jquery.autocomplete.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='includes/localdata.js'></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/main.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/jquery.autocomplete.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/thickbox.css" />
	
<script type="text/javascript">
$().ready(function() {
	$("#singleBirdRemote").autocomplete("autocompletequery.jsp", {
		width: 260,
		max:20,
		minChars:2,
		selectFirst: true,
		formatItem: function(row, i, n) 
		{ 
			if (row[0] == "--title--")
			{
				$('#ListOfLinks').html("");
			}

			if (row[0] == "-title-" || row[0] == "--title--")
			{
				$('#ListOfLinks').append("<div><a href=\"" + row[2] + "\" >" + row[1] + "</a></div>");
				$('#ListOfLinks').append("<div>...." + row[3] + "....</div>");
				$('#ListOfLinks').append("<div>" + row[2] + "</div><br/>");
				
				return row[1];
			}
			
			return row[0]; 
		}
	}
	);	
});

</script>
</head>
<body>
	<form autocomplete="off">
		<p>
			<input type="text" id="singleBirdRemote" />
			<input type="button" value="Get Value" />
		</p>
	</form>
	
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	<div  id="ListOfLinks" >
		This is a test
	</div>
	<br/>
	<br/>

	<h3>Result:</h3> 
	<ol id="result">
		Result Test...
	</ol>
	
</body>
</html>

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Axter

Author

Commented:
Found my own solution for this issue.

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