нашел решение моей проблемы.Вот пример -
https://jsfiddle.net/atiqbaqi/rsmq07Lu/3/
<div class="ui-widget">
<label for="tags">Tag programming languages: </label>
<textarea id="tags" size="50"></textarea>
</div>
jquery:
$(function() {
var availableTags = [
"ActionScript",
"AppleScript",
"Asp",
"BASIC",
"C",
"C++",
"Clojure",
"COBOL",
"ColdFusion",
"Erlang",
"Fortran",
"Groovy",
"Haskell",
"Java",
"JavaScript",
"Lisp",
"Perl",
"PHP",
"Python",
"Ruby",
"Scala",
"Scheme"
];
function split(val) {
return val.split(/ +/);
}
function extractLast(term) {
return split(term).pop();
}
$("#tags")
// don't navigate away from the field on tab when selecting an item
.on("keydown", function(event) {
if (event.keyCode === $.ui.keyCode.TAB &&
$(this).autocomplete("instance").menu.active) {
event.preventDefault();
}
})
.autocomplete({
minLength: 3,
source: function(request, response) {
// delegate back to autocomplete, but extract the last term
response($.ui.autocomplete.filter(
availableTags, extractLast(request.term)));
},
focus: function() {
// prevent value inserted on focus
return false;
},
select: function(event, ui) {
var terms = split(this.value);
// remove the current input
terms.pop();
// add the selected item
terms.push(ui.item.value);
// add placeholder to get the comma-and-space at the end
terms.push("");
this.value = terms.join(" ");
return false;
}
});
});