IE8 Support? about autocomplete.js HOT 8 CLOSED

Neil...

Not sure why it's not working in IE8. Would you mind taking a look and seeing if there's any JavaScript errors being reported?

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There are not. :( I set a breakpoint at the start of the page and started walking through the javascript executing, so at the very least it is getting executed. However breakpoints inside of the buildItems and handleInput functions never seemed to be reached when I was typing into the input field. I'll try investigating further, but anything you find that could help as well, let me know.

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From what best I can tell, the input event isn't supported in IE prior to 9, which may be why the initial javascript gets run, but the event never gets triggered.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/gg592978%28v=vs.85%29.aspx (if you hover over the IE logo, it says IE9)

In looking over the binding events for jQuery UI's autocomplete, it looks like they're primarily using the keydown event for the autocomplete. So that could be attempted, but my preliminary tests haven't resulted much promise...

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It looks like changing the bind event from "input.autocomplete" to "keyup.autocomplete" fixes the issue in IE8, and it still resolves relatively well in other browsers. You can perform your own testing of course. Initial tests had failed due to a misconfiguration in my call of the script, but after I fixed those, it seems to perform fine with the one adjustment.

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@neilcoplin Did you not find that the call to .filter() in the handleInput function threw an error in IE8? This function is not supported in any IE before IE9.

Easiest way to handle this would be to add a shim such as the one under compatibility here - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/filter

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I was using the widget with the ajax source option, so I never hit that section of the code. Though yes, I believe that is correct that the .filter() isn't supported in IE8.

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Thought that might be the case.

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This should be resolved in 1.4, out later today.

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