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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>autocomplete demo</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script>
$(function () {
$("#go").on("click", function () {
$("#autocomplete").val("j")
$("#autocomplete").autocomplete("search" , $("#autocomplete").val())
})
$("#autocomplete").autocomplete({
source: ["c++", "java", "php", "coldfusion", "javascript", "asp", "ruby"]
});
})
</script>
</head>
<body>
<label for="autocomplete">Select a programming language: </label>
<input id="autocomplete" >
<input id="go" name="" type="button" value="буква j" >
</body>
</html>
