jQuery Auto-complete - Force Selection/Testing

Question

I have a simpe jQuery autocomplete input box with the ID 'medID'

$('#medID').val("Par").focus().keydown();

I use the code above to put a value in the box, trigger focus and then key down to search.

It returns between 1-5 values.

How do i get it automaticly select one of the suggested values?

I have tried:

$('#medID').children()[0].focus().click();

and

$('#medID').children().focus().click();

But the suggested auto complete values are direct chilren of the input box?

This is so i can test this part of my system without the need of a user.

Did you want something like [this](http://jsfiddle.net/u7KAx/39/)? — billyonecan, Aug 08 '13 at 08:54
Have a look [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13242669/jquery-autocomplete-manually-select-first-searched-item-and-bind-click?lq=1) (2nd answer, first comment) might be of some help — billyonecan, Aug 08 '13 at 09:29
Im lookin there the now, its like my combobox input just doesnt take focus — Lemex, Aug 08 '13 at 09:33
Would you be able to make a simple one with a combo box? As i am finding it hard to extract this information esp from senesitve data — Lemex, Aug 08 '13 at 09:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 08 '13 at 08:35

I'm not 100% certain, but I think browsers prohibit this. Your request might turn out to be impossible.

If it were possible, a malicious script could gain access to data that users had previously typed into input fields, e.g. credit card numbers or email addresses, using a script just like the one you outlined. This would be a pretty bad security hole.

Sorry about that. Perhaps you could get away with just looping through the input values your want to test and calling $('#medID').val(testValueHere) instead?

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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The jQuery UI team do something similar for their own unit tests for autocomplete. See this answer for more details.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Mar 02 '14 at 15:41

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