I am trying to create a drop down like functionality where a div is shown once somebody starts typing in the input box. I am able to attach mouse click event on the individual elements to select them. But I am not able to select them via pressing enter.
HTML
<input type="text" class="input" name="example" id="example" placeholder="example..." autocomplete="off" list="examplelist" />
<div class="autofill">
<ul class="autocomplete">
<li class="autocomplete-list">John Doe (San Jose, CA)</li>
<li class="autocomplete-list">Jane Doe (San Francisco, CA)</li>
<li class="autocomplete-list">John Jane (San Carlos, CA)</li>
</ul>
</div>
JQuery
$(document).ready(function () {
var $listItems = $('li.autocomplete-list'),
$div = $('div.autofill'),
$input = $('#example');
$div.hide();
$('input#example').on('keydown', function (e) {
var key = e.keyCode,
$selected = $listItems.filter('.selected'),
$current;
$div.show();
if (key != 40 && key != 38) return;
$listItems.removeClass('selected');
if (key == 40) { // Down key
if (!$selected.length || $selected.is(':last-child')) {
$current = $listItems.eq(0);
} else {
$current = $selected.next();
}
} else if (key == 38) { // Up key
if (!$selected.length || $selected.is(':first-child')) {
$current = $listItems.last();
} else {
$current = $selected.prev();
}
}
$current.addClass('selected');
// When I press enter after selecting the li element
// Does not work :(
$current.on('keypress keydown keyup', 'li', function (event) {
if (event.keyCode == 13) {
var value = $(this).text().split('(')[0].trim();
$input.val(value) ;
$div.hide();
}
});
});
// If somebody clicks on the li item
$('li.autocomplete-list').on('click', function (e) {
var value = $(this).text().split('(')[0].trim();
$input.val(value);
$div.hide();
});
// change color on hover
$('li.autocomplete-list').hover(
function(){ $(this).addClass('hover') },
function(){ $(this).removeClass('hover') }
);
// When I press enter after selecting the li element
// Does not work :(
$('li.autocomplete-list').on('keypress keydown keyup', 'li', function (event) {
if (event.keyCode == 13) {
var value = $(this).text().split('(')[0].trim();
$input.val(value) ;
$div.hide();
}
});
});
How can I select a particular li element and then take its value when press enter? Here is the JSFiddle
