From 779df6517d4e1bdd7ed3667537adb67c7443d15f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Worth <rdworth@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:43:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Autocomplete: new option autoFocus, default false. Fixed
 #7032 - Autocomplete: Add option to automatically highlight the first result

---
 tests/unit/autocomplete/autocomplete_defaults.js | 1 +
 ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js                     | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/unit/autocomplete/autocomplete_defaults.js b/tests/unit/autocomplete/autocomplete_defaults.js
index fc92f3209..dd5007089 100644
--- a/tests/unit/autocomplete/autocomplete_defaults.js
+++ b/tests/unit/autocomplete/autocomplete_defaults.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 var autocomplete_defaults = {
 	appendTo: "body",
+	autoFocus: false,
 	delay: 300,
 	disabled: false,
 	minLength: 1,
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js b/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js
index a497b72fd..204322320 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var requestIndex = 0;
 $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 	options: {
 		appendTo: "body",
+		autoFocus: false,
 		delay: 300,
 		minLength: 1,
 		position: {
@@ -359,6 +360,10 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 		this.menu.deactivate();
 		this.menu.refresh();
 
+		if ( this.options.autoFocus ) {
+			this.menu.next( new $.Event("mouseover") );
+		}
+
 		// size and position menu
 		ul.show();
 		this._resizeMenu();