I'm trying to change the style from my AutoComplete result.
I tried:
// Only change the inputs
$('.ui-autocomplete-input').css('fontSize', '10px');
$('.ui-autocomplete-input').css('width','300px');
I searches and could not find out what the class used by the result is, so that I can change its font size and maybe its width.
Thanks.
Using: jQuery-UI AutoComplete
EDIT: I need change the css from my result, that comes from my JSON, not from the input. The code you posted, only changes the input, not the result. This is why I asked for the class used by the result list (at least, I believe that is a list). I tried to use fb from ff and could not find it. Thanks again for your patience.
EDIT2: I'll use the autocomplete from jQuery UI as example.
Check this to see the jQuery-UI auto-complete page
After I type "Ja" in the textbox from the front-page sample, Java and JavaScript will appear as Results, in the little box below the textbox.
This little box is what I want to change the CSS of. My code in the sample above only changes my textbox CSS (which I don't need at all).
I don't know if I'm being clear now. I hope so, but if not, please let me know; I'll try harder if needed to show my problem.
The class for the UL that will contain the result items is what I need.
SOLUTION
As Zikes said in his comment on the accepted answer, here is the solution. You just need to put ul.ui-autocomplete.ui-menu{width:300px} in your CSS file.
This will make all the the results box css have width:300px (like the sample).
I forgot that the results object does not exist on page load, and therefor would not be found and targetted by a call to
$('...').css(). You'll actually need to putul.ui-autocomplete.ui-menu{width:300px}in your CSS file, so that it will take effect when the results are generated and inserted into the page.
– Zikes
Information on styling the Autocomplete widget can be found here: http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete#theming
HTML
<input type="text" id="auto">
jQuery
$('#auto').autocomplete({'source':
['abc','abd','abe','abf','jkl','mno','pqr','stu','vwx','yz']
});
CSS
ul.ui-autocomplete.ui-menu{width:400px}
/*
targets the first result's <a> element,
remove the a at the end to target the li itself
*/
ul.ui-autocomplete.ui-menu li:first-child a{
color:blue;
}
I was able to adjust by adding this css to the <head> of the document (above the autocomplete javascript).
Some of the following may be more relevant than others. You could make it specific to the autocomplete input if changing these affects other elements you don't want affected.
<style type="text/css">
/* http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete#theming*/
.ui-autocomplete { position: absolute; cursor: default; background:#CCC }
/* workarounds */
html .ui-autocomplete { width:1px; } /* without this, the menu expands to 100% in IE6 */
.ui-menu {
list-style:none;
padding: 2px;
margin: 0;
display:block;
float: left;
}
.ui-menu .ui-menu {
margin-top: -3px;
}
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item {
margin:0;
padding: 0;
zoom: 1;
float: left;
clear: left;
width: 100%;
}
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item a {
text-decoration:none;
display:block;
padding:.2em .4em;
line-height:1.5;
zoom:1;
}
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item a.ui-state-hover,
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item a.ui-state-active {
font-weight: normal;
margin: -1px;
}
</style>
If you are using the official jQuery ui autocomplete (i'm on 1.8.16) and would like to define the width manually, you can do so.
If you're using the minified version (if not then find manually by matching _resizeMenu), find...
_resizeMenu:function(){var a=this.menu.element;a.outerWidth(Math.max(a.width("").outerWidth(),this.element.outerWidth()))}
...and replace it with (add this.options.width|| before Math.max) ...
_resizeMenu:function(){var a=this.menu.element;a.outerWidth(this.options.width||Math.max(a.width("").outerWidth(),this.element.outerWidth()))}
... you can now include a width value into the .autocomplete({width:200}) function and jQuery will honour it. If not, it will default to calculating it.