Bootstrap Tutorial - Create autocomplete from data-source








The following code shows how to create autocomplete from data-source.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'
  src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js'></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
  href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.2/css/bootstrap-combined.min.css">
<script type='text/javascript'
  src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>//<![CDATA[ 
$(window).load(function(){<!--from   w  ww  . j a v a 2 s  .  c  o  m-->
$.fn.typeahead.Constructor.prototype.render = function (items) {
    var that = this;
    items = $(items).map(function (i, item) {
        i = $(that.options.item).attr('data-value', item);
        i.find('a').html(that.highlighter(item));
        return i[0];
    });
    this.$menu.html(items);
    return this;
};
});//]]>  
</script>
</head>
<body>
  <br />
  <div style="background-color: #f5f5f5;" class="bs-docs-example">
    <input type="text"
      data-source="[&quot;Alabama&quot;,
&quot;Alaska&quot;,
&quot;Arizona&quot;,
&quot;Arkansas&quot;,
]"
      data-items="4" data-provide="typeahead" style="margin: 0 auto;"
      class="span3" />
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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