The autocomplete methods

In addition to the standard methods that all widgets share, the autocomplete gives us two unique methods that allow us to initiate certain actions. The unique methods are listed as follows:

Method	Usage
close	Close the suggestion menu.
search	Request the list of suggestions from the data source specifying the search term as an optional argument

The close method is extremely easy to use, we simply call the autocomplete widget method and specify close as an argument:

$("#associated_input").autocomplete("close");

This will cause the suggestions menu to be closed, and the close event to be triggered. A possible use for the close event handler is to alert the user if there is a problem with the entry they have selected; if it doesn't match an entry in a predefined list, then this can be flagged to the user.

The search method is slightly more complex, in that it can accept an additional argument, although this is not mandatory. If the search method is called without...