If you enter "che" in https://jsfiddle.net/mgjftrdz/ (code from http://jqueryui.com/autocomplete/#multiple) it lists two items:
- Cheese
- Cream-cheese
What changes to that would I need to make those particular characters bold in the drop-down results like this?
- Cheese
Cream-cheese
function split(val) { return val.split(/,\s*/); } function extractLast(term) { return split(term).pop(); } $("#tags") // don't navigate away from the field on tab when selecting an item .bind("keydown", function(event) { if (event.keyCode === $.ui.keyCode.TAB && $(this).autocomplete("instance").menu.active) { event.preventDefault(); } }) .autocomplete({ minLength: 0, source: function(request, response) { // delegate back to autocomplete, but extract the last term response($.ui.autocomplete.filter( availableTags, extractLast(request.term))); }, focus: function() { // prevent value inserted on focus return false; }, select: function(event, ui) { var terms = split(this.value); // remove the current input terms.pop(); // add the selected item terms.push(ui.item.value); // add placeholder to get the comma-and-space at the end terms.push(""); this.value = terms.join(", "); return false; } }); });