Rails - Feb 2010 - auto_complete always selects the first item, can i prevent this?

if you use google or yahoo''s search autocomplete, you''ll see
that they
do not select the first item automatically.  this way, if you don''t
choose an item, and hit return, the return submits the form.  is there
a way to make this work with auto_complete?

in other words, i''d like it to behave like this-  user types in some
text, auto_complete div gets filled with list, nothing is hightlighted
in the list until the user mouses or clicks the down key.  if
something is selected, hitting return selects that item, if not,
hitting return submits what they typed.

any ideas?  hopefully this is something simple.

thanks,
dino

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i did find this solution, but i''m not crazy about it:

https://prototype.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8887/tickets/116-ajaxautocompleter-default-selects-first-item



On Feb 9, 3:18 pm, "dino d."
<dinodorr...-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> if you use google or yahoo''s search autocomplete, you''ll
see that they
> do not select the first item automatically.  this way, if you
don''t
> choose an item, and hit return, the return submits the form.  is there
> a way to make this work with auto_complete?
>
> in other words, i''d like it to behave like this-  user types in
some
> text, auto_complete div gets filled with list, nothing is hightlighted
> in the list until the user mouses or clicks the down key.  if
> something is selected, hitting return selects that item, if not,
> hitting return submits what they typed.
>
> any ideas?  hopefully this is something simple.
>
> thanks,
> dino
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