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#8123 closed feature (fixed)

Opened February 19, 2012 01:17PM UTC

Closed February 19, 2012 03:55PM UTC

Last modified February 19, 2012 03:59PM UTC

Autocomplete documentation should mention user-code filtering

Reported by: tjcrowder Owned by:
Priority: minor Milestone: 1.8.18
Component: ui.autocomplete Version: 1.8.17
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

We see questions like this one periodically on Stack Overflow. It would help if this paragraph mentioned that the server-side script must do the filtering:

When a String is used, the Autocomplete plugin expects that string to point to a URL resource that will return JSON data. It can be on the same host or on a different one (must provide JSONP). The request parameter "term" gets added to that URL. The data itself can be in the same format as the local data described above.

E.g., perhaps (new/modified content in bold):

When a String is used, the Autocomplete plugin expects that string to point to a URL resource that will return JSON data. It can be on the same host or on a different one (must provide JSONP). The Autocomplete plugin does not filter the results; instead, the request parameter "term" gets added to the URL, which the server-side script should use for filtering the results. The data itself can be in the same format as the local data described above.

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Changed February 19, 2012 03:55PM UTC by scottgonzalez comment:1

milestone: 1.91.8.18
resolution: → fixed
status: newclosed

Updated. Thanks.

Changed February 19, 2012 03:56PM UTC by scottgonzalez comment:2

type: bugfeature

Changed February 19, 2012 03:59PM UTC by tjcrowder comment:3

You guys rock. :-)