How do you trigger autocomplete "select" event manually in jQueryUI?

Question

I'm using jQueryUI autocomplete, and I have a function mapped to the select event, e.g.:

$("#someId").autocomplete({     source: someData,     select: function (event, ui) { ... },     focus: function (event, ui) { ... } }); 

I have a special case: The user has focused on an item in the autocomplete drop-down (but not selected it) and I need to trigger the select event manually from a different function. Is this possible? If so, how?

Answer 1

Here's what worked for me:

$(this).data('ui-autocomplete')._trigger('select', 'autocompleteselect', {item:{value:$(this).val()}}); 

Answer 2

You could do:

$("#someId").trigger("autocompleteselect");