In this article, we are going to see how to use search auto-complete in JQuery. For this, we are going to use the jQuery inbuilt function called autocomplete. We will do that in two different stages.
- Create a basic HTML file and add an input bar to it.
- Implement the autocomplete functionality.
HTML Code: Here we will create the structure to take the input from the user and attach the jQuery CDN link in the head section.
Add jQuery scripts into your HTML file:
<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js”></script>
<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js”></script>
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"
content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport"
content="width=device-width,
initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Jquery Autocomplete</title>
</script>
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text"
id="auto"
placeholder="enter something" />
</body>
</html>
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jQuery Code: For this, we are going to use the jQuery inbuilt function called autocomplete. This function takes a list of words as a source. And when we type any character it will search from the given list and shows the output if any available.
Syntax:
$("TagId").autocomplete({
source : itemList // List of Words.
})Javascript
$(document).ready(function() {
var items = [
"C++",
"Java",
"Python",
"C#",
"DSA",
"STL",
"Self Placed",
"Android",
"Kotlin",
"GeeksforGeeks",
"GFG",
];
$("#auto").autocomplete({
source: items
});
})
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Complete Code:
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"
content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport"
content="width=device-width,
initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Jquery Autocomplete</title>
</script>
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
// List of Items
var items = [
"C++",
"Java",
"Python",
"C#",
"DSA",
"STL",
"Self Placed",
"Android",
"Kotlin",
"GeeksforGeeks",
"GFG",
];
// jQuery inbuild function.
$("#auto").autocomplete({
// This function takes words list as a source.
source: items
});
})
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text"
id="auto"
placeholder="enter something" />
</body>
</html>
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Output:
