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ColdFusion.Autosuggest.getAutosuggestObject

 

Description

Lets you access underlying YUI AutoComplete object thereby providing fine-grained control over the object, for example attaching an event.

Returns

The underlying AutoComplete object.

Function syntax

ColdFusion.Autosuggest.getAutosuggestObject (Id)

Parameters

  • Id: Name of the auto-suggest object.

Example

<html>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<head>
<cfajaximport tags="cfinput-autosuggest">
<script>
var init = function()
{
autosuggestobj = ColdFusion.Autosuggest.getAutosuggestObject('state');
autosuggestobj.itemSelectEvent.subscribe(foo);
}
var foo = function(event,args)
{
var msg = "";
msg = msg + "Event: " + event + "\n\n";
msg = msg + "Selected Item: " + args[2] + "\n\n";
msg = msg + "Index: " + args[1]._nItemIndex + "\n\n";
alert(msg);
}
var getStates = function(){
return ["California","Connecticut","Colorado","Illinois","Alabama","Iowa","Utah",
"Alaska"];
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Attaching an event handler to the autosuggest object</h3>
<cfform name="mycfform" method="post" >
State:<BR>
<cfinput
type="text"
name="state"
autosuggest="javascript:getStates({cfautosuggestvalue})"
autosuggestMinLength=1
autosuggestBindDelay=1>
<cfset ajaxOnLoad("init")>
</cfform>
</body>
</html>

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