Handled textareas, enhanced autocompletion, handled autocompletion mixed with pure text, Javascript more configurable

[gabriel-dehan]

• Javascript code refactoring (as the code base grew, I created modules and classes);
• Clearly bigger file : 6.2k minified. Should try packing.
• Now handle textareas;
• Can now be set up with a whole new set of options via Javascript : $('#my_element').railsAutocomplete({ /* options */ });
• Term autocompletion now works on previous terms, and the autocompletion will no longer happen at the end of the input/textarea, but were the cursor stands;
• Can now handle writing terms amongst normal non completed text through the use of a delimiter. The autocompletion is disabled while writing normal text and is triggered when one presses the delimiter key (like '#' or ',', ...). There are still a few glitches;
• Terms are now using a comma delimiter by default, enabling multiple terms autocompletion in a same input;
• Delimiters can be at the beginning or the end of the term string. Allowing for "#term1 #term2" or "term1, term2";
• is now used for autocompletion and an option allows to keep the focus in the current element;
• The current autocompleted term can now be filtered before processing.

[rvsingh]

How can we get autocomplete to work on a textarea?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20594445/simple-form-input-as-both-text-and-autocomplete