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copied!<p>With the help of Dave Whittaker, here is the solution I came with. </p> <p>I had to change some behaviors to get: </p> <ul> <li>the desired text (from autocomplete or not) in an ajaxText element</li> <li>the possibility to have multiple autocomplete forms on same page</li> <li>submit answer on ajaxText before blurring when something is selected in autocomplete suggestions. </li> </ul> <p><strong>Scala part</strong></p> <pre><code>private def getSugggestions(current: String, limit: Int):List[String] = { /* returns list of suggestions */ } private def autoCompleteJs = AnonFunc("term, res",JsRaw( (S.fmapFunc(S.contextFuncBuilder(SFuncHolder({ terms: String => val _candidates = if(terms != null && terms.trim() != "") getSugggestions(terms, 5) else Nil JsonResponse(JArray(_candidates map { c => JString(c)/*.toJson*/ })) }))) ({ name => "liftAjax.lift_ajaxHandler('" + name })) + "=' + encodeURIComponent(term), " + "function(data){ res(data); }" + ", null, 'json');")) def xml = { val id = "myId" //possibility to have multiple autocomplete fields on same page Script(OnLoad(JsRaw("jQuery('#"+id+"').createAutocompleteField("+autoCompleteJs.toJsCmd+")"))) ++ SHtml.ajaxText(cell.get, s=>{ cell.set(s); SearchMenu.recomputeResults; Noop}, "id" -> id) } </code></pre> <p><strong>Script to insert into page header:</strong></p> <pre><code>(function($) { $.fn.createAutocompleteField = function(search) { return this.autocomplete({ autoFocus: true, source: function(req, res) { search(req.term, res); }, select: function(event, ui) { $(this).val(ui.item.value); $(this).blur(); }, focus: function(event, ui) { event.preventDefault(); } }); } })(jQuery); </code></pre> <p><em>Note: I accepted Dave's answer, mine is just to provide a complete answer for my purpose</em></p>

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