Add option to allow form submission when option is chosen

[nigel]

Autocomplete prevents form submission when you choose an item with the Enter key. I can understand how this is desirable in many cases, but I happen to have a case where I'd like to immediately submit the form once an option is chosen. Would it be possible to make this behaviour configurable?

[rdworth]

Use the change event  http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete#event-change

[scott.gonzalez]

This is a bug. We're changing the semantics of form elements by canceling the event.

[nigel]

You can't use the change event either, it fires at all sorts of other times.

I only want to control the handling of the enter key. Not submit the form every time the element changed.

[scott.gonzalez]

Fixed in  1ddd4f5d3f83e1612cdbcf7039d01619b62c8a05.

You can now do:

$( el ).autocomplete({
    select: function( event ) {
        if ( event.keyCode === 13 ) {
            // handle enter key selection
        }
    }
});