jQuery UI Autocomplete - search from the beginning of the string

Question

I want to set Jquery UI plugin to search only from the beginning of the string. I find some simillar questions but no usable answer. I have this code:

$.ajax({ url: "{!$basePath}/mesta.xml", dataType: "xml", success: function( xmlResponse ) { var data = $( "city", xmlResponse ).map(function() { return { value: $( "name", this ).text(), id: $( "name", this ).text() }; }).get(); $( ".autocomplete" ).autocomplete({ source: data, minLength: 0 }); } });

Thank you.

Is this what you are looking for? stackoverflow.com/questions/2382497/… — Samich
– Samich, Commented Oct 16, 2011 at 14:46
I know these topics but I don't know ho to aplicate it to my code. — Darkry
– Darkry, Commented Oct 16, 2011 at 15:00
I dont know how to implement it. Because I read the data from an XML file. — Darkry
– Darkry, Commented Oct 16, 2011 at 16:19

jk. · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-16 23:46:43Z

Just apply what is in the link @Samich posted to your source option:

source: function(req, response) { var re = $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(req.term); var matcher = new RegExp( "^" + re, "i" ); response($.grep( data, function(item){ return matcher.test(item.value); }) ); },

And here is a fiddle demo: http://jsfiddle.net/jensbits/PekQZ/

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