How do you trigger autocomplete “select” event manually in jQueryUI? OR Set Default value in JqueryUI autocomlete
$ ( this ). data ( 'ui-autocomplete' ). _trigger ( 'select' , 'autocompleteselect' , { item :{ value : $ ( this ). val ()}}); $("#myAutocomplete").autocomplete({}).data('ui-autocomplete')._trigger('select', 'autocompleteselect', { item: availableTags[i] }); $ ( "#myAutocomplete" ). autocomplete ({ // do whatever }). val ( 'Banana' ). data ( 'autocomplete' ). _trigger ( 'select' );