Fix for #5120 - create menu only once and return that element from the widget method, put ui-autocomplete class on menu

tests/unit/autocomplete/autocomplete_events.js

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ test("all events", function() {
 		},
 		close: function(event) {
 			same(event.type, "autocompleteclose");
-			same( $(".ui-menu").length, 1 );
+			same( $(".ui-menu:visible").length, 1 );
 		},
 		select: function(event, ui) {
 			same(event.type, "autocompleteselect");
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ test("all events", function() {
 		},
 		change: function(event) {
 			same(event.type, "autocompletechange");
-			same( $(".ui-menu").length, 0 );
+			same( $(".ui-menu:visible").length, 0 );
 		}
 	});
 	stop();
 	ac.val("ja").keydown();
 	setTimeout(function() {
-		same( $(".ui-menu").length, 1 );
+		same( $(".ui-menu:visible").length, 1 );
 		ac.simulate("keydown", { keyCode: $.ui.keyCode.DOWN });
 		ac.simulate("keydown", { keyCode: $.ui.keyCode.ENTER });
 		start();
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ test("cancel search", function() {
 	stop();
 	ac.val("ja").keydown();
 	setTimeout(function() {
-		same( $(".ui-menu").length, 0 );
+		same( $(".ui-menu:visible").length, 0 );
 		ac.val("java").keydown();
 		setTimeout(function() {
-			same( $(".ui-menu").length, 1 );
+			same( $(".ui-menu:visible").length, 1 );
 			same( $(".ui-menu .ui-menu-item").length, 2 );
 			start();
 		}, 50);

tests/unit/autocomplete/autocomplete_methods.js

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ module("autocomplete: methods");
 test("destroy", function() {
 	var beforeHtml = $("#autocomplete").parent().html();
 	var afterHtml = $("#autocomplete").autocomplete().autocomplete("destroy").parent().html();
-	same( beforeHtml, afterHtml );
+	// TODO can't use same, as that would insert the markup unescaped into the test results, screwing up other tests
+	ok( beforeHtml == afterHtml );
 })
 
 var data = ["c++", "java", "php", "coldfusion", "javascript", "asp", "ruby", "python", "c", "scala", "groovy", "haskell", "pearl"];

tests/unit/autocomplete/autocomplete_options.js

@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ test("delay", function() {
 	});
 	ac.val("ja").keydown();
 	
-	same( $(".ui-menu").length, 0 );
+	same( $(".ui-menu:visible").length, 0 );
 	
 	// wait half a second for the default delay to open the menu
 	stop();
 	setTimeout(function() {
-		same( $(".ui-menu").length, 1 );
+		same( $(".ui-menu:visible").length, 1 );
 		ac.autocomplete("destroy");
 		start();		
 	}, 100);
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ test("minLength", function() {
 		source: data
 	});
 	ac.autocomplete("search", "");
-	same( $(".ui-menu").length, 0, "blank not enough for minLength: 1" );
+	same( $(".ui-menu:visible").length, 0, "blank not enough for minLength: 1" );
 	
 	ac.autocomplete("option", "minLength", 0);
 	ac.autocomplete("search", "");
-	same( $(".ui-menu").length, 1, "blank enough for minLength: 0" );
+	same( $(".ui-menu:visible").length, 1, "blank enough for minLength: 0" );
 	ac.autocomplete("destroy");
 });
 

themes/base/ui.autocomplete.css

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /* Autocomplete
 ----------------------------------*/
-.ui-autocomplete-menu { position: absolute; cursor: default; }	
+.ui-autocomplete { position: absolute; cursor: default; }	
 .ui-autocomplete-loading { background: white url('images/ui-anim.basic.16x16.gif') right center no-repeat; }
 
 /* workarounds */
-* html .ui-autocomplete-menu { width:1px; } /* without this, the menu expands to 100% in IE6 */
+* html .ui-autocomplete { width:1px; } /* without this, the menu expands to 100% in IE6 */
 
 /* Menu
 ----------------------------------*/

ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 	_create: function() {
 		var self = this;
 		this.element
-			.addClass( "ui-autocomplete" )
 			.attr( "autocomplete", "off" )
 			// TODO verify these actually work as intended
 			.attr({
@@ -92,6 +91,44 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 		this.response = function() {
 			return self._response.apply( self, arguments );
 		};
+		this.menu = $("<ul/>")
+			.addClass( "ui-autocomplete" )
+			.appendTo( this.element.parent() )
+			.menu({
+				focus: function( event, ui ) {
+					var item = ui.item.data( "item.autocomplete" );
+					if ( false !== self._trigger( "focus", null, { item: item } ) ) {
+						// use value to match what will end up in the input
+						self.element.val( item.value );
+					}
+				},
+				selected: function( event, ui ) {
+					var item = ui.item.data( "item.autocomplete" );
+					if ( false !== self._trigger( "select", event, { item: item } ) ) {
+						self.element.val( item.value );
+					}
+					self.close( event );
+					self.previous = self.element.val();
+					// only trigger when focus was lost (click on menu)
+					if ( self.element[0] != document.activeElement ) {
+						self.element.focus();
+					}
+				}
+			})
+			.zIndex( this.element.zIndex() + 1 )
+			// workaround for jQuery bug #5781 http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/5781
+			.css({ top: 0, left: 0 })
+			.position({
+				my: "left top",
+				at: "left bottom",
+				of: this.element,
+				collision: "none"
+			})
+			.hide()
+			.data( "menu" );
+		if ( $.fn.bgiframe ) {
+			 menu.element.bgiframe();
+		}
 	},
 
 	destroy: function() {
@@ -170,10 +207,9 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 
 	close: function( event ) {
 		clearTimeout( this.closing );
-		if ( this.menu ) {
+		if ( this.menu.element.is(":visible") ) {
 			this._trigger( "close", event );
-			this.menu.element.remove();
+			this.menu.element.hide();
-			this.menu = null;
 		}
 		if ( this.previous != this.element.val() ) {
 			this._trigger( "change", event );
@@ -200,59 +236,19 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 	},
 
 	_suggest: function( items ) {
-		if (this.menu) {
+		this.menu.element.empty();
-			this.menu.element.remove();
+		var ul = this.menu.element;
-		}
-		var self = this,
-			ul = $( "<ul></ul>" ),
-			parent = this.element.parent();
-
 		$.each( items, function( index, item ) {
 			$( "<li></li>" )
 				.data( "item.autocomplete", item )
 				.append( "<a>" + item.label + "</a>" )
 				.appendTo( ul );
 		});
-		this.menu = ul
+		this.menu.refresh();
-			.addClass( "ui-autocomplete-menu" )
+		this.menu.element.show();
-			.appendTo( parent )
-			.menu({
-				focus: function( event, ui ) {
-					var item = ui.item.data( "item.autocomplete" );
-					if ( false !== self._trigger( "focus", null, { item: item } ) ) {
-						// use value to match what will end up in the input
-						self.element.val( item.value );
-					}
-				},
-				selected: function( event, ui ) {
-					var item = ui.item.data( "item.autocomplete" );
-					if ( false !== self._trigger( "select", event, { item: item } ) ) {
-						self.element.val( item.value );
-					}
-					self.close( event );
-					self.previous = self.element.val();
-					// only trigger when focus was lost (click on menu)
-					if ( self.element[0] != document.activeElement ) {
-						self.element.focus();
-					}
-				}
-			})
-			.zIndex( this.element.zIndex() + 1 )
-			// workaround for jQuery bug #5781 http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/5781
-			.css({ top: 0, left: 0 })
-			.position({
-				my: "left top",
-				at: "left bottom",
-				of: this.element,
-				collision: "none"
-			})
-			.data( "menu" );
 		if ( ul.width() <= this.element.width() ) {
 			ul.width( this.element.width() );
 		}
-		if ( $.fn.bgiframe ) {
-			ul.bgiframe();
-		}
 	},
 
 	_move: function( direction, event ) {
@@ -270,8 +266,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 	},
 
 	widget: function() {
-		// return empty jQuery object when menu isn't initialized yet
+		return this.menu.element;
-		return this.menu ? this.menu.element : $([]);
 	}
 });
 
@@ -316,7 +311,12 @@ $.widget("ui.menu", {
 				e.preventDefault();
 				self.select();
 			});
-		var items = this.element.children("li")
+		this.refresh();
+	},
+	
+	refresh: function() {
+		// don't refresh list items that are already adapted
+		var items = this.element.children("li:not(.ui-menu-item)")
 			.addClass("ui-menu-item")
 			.attr("role", "menuitem");