jQuery UI Autocomplete close() Method

Last Updated : 22 Dec, 2021

jQuery UI consists of GUI widgets, visual effects, and themes implemented using HTML, CSS, and jQuery. jQuery UI is great for building UI interfaces for the webpages. The jQuery UI Autocomplete widget is used to perform autocomplete enables to quickly find and select from a pre-populated list of values as they type, leveraging searching and filtering.

The jQuery UI Autocomplete close() method is used to close the opened autocomplete menu. This method does not accept any parameter.

Syntax:

$( ".selector" ).autocomplete( "close" );

CDN Links: First, add jQuery UI scripts needed for your project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css”>
<script src=”//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js”></script>
<script src=”//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js”></script>

Example: This example describes the uses of jQuery UI Autocomplete close() method.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="utf-8"> 
    <meta name="viewport" content= 
        "width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
"//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css"> 
    <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script> 
    <script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script> 
  
    <script> 
        $(function () { 
            var subjects = [ 
                "HTML", 
                "CSS", 
                "JavaScript", 
                "jQuery", 
                "PHP", 
                "React", 
                "Node.js" 
            ]; 
            $("#GFG").autocomplete({ 
                source: subjects 
            }); 
  
            $("#btn").on('click', function() { 
                $("#GFG").autocomplete("close"); 
            }) 
        }); 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <div class="ui-widget"> 
            <h1 style="color: green;"> 
                GeeksforGeeks 
            </h1> 
            <h3>jQuery UI Autocomplete close() Method</h3> 
  
            <label for="GFG"> 
                Select Subject: 
            </label> 
  
            <input id="GFG"> 
        </div> 
  
        <input type="button" id="btn" 
            style="padding: 5px 15px; margin-top: 100px;" 
            value="Close the Widget"> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>