Can auto-complete of JQuery search words that starts from the typed letters?

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I try to use Jquery auto-complete. I have managed to do that but, if I type "a", auto-complete suggest all words that contain "a". But I want to see only those words that starts from "a". Is it possible to force the auto-complete to behave the way I want?

@polarblau, I am not sure that I understand you... The data (set of words and phrases that are used for auto complete) is loaded to the client side once (when the page is loaded). — Roman, Jan 10 '11 at 17:07
Okay, then you're using a local data source and can't handle this with a server side scripting language. — polarblau, Jan 10 '11 at 17:13

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '11 at 16:10

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The brute-force way would be via a callback. That allows you to do the word matching yourself.

answered Jan 10 '11 at 16:10

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By callback, do you mean hooking the `Search` event? – Robert Harvey Jan 10 '11 at 16:11
$( ".selector" ).autocomplete({ search: function(event, ui) { ... } }); – dmackerman Jan 10 '11 at 16:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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This has been discussed earlier, it seems.

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answered Jan 10 '11 at 17:16

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Can auto-complete of JQuery search words that starts from the typed letters?

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