jquery.tokeninput.js

/*
 * jQuery Plugin: Tokenizing Autocomplete Text Entry
 * Version 1.6.2
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2009 James Smith (http://loopj.com)
 * Licensed jointly under the GPL and MIT licenses,
 * choose which one suits your project best!
 *
 */
;(function ($) {
  var DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
    // Search settings
    method: "GET",
    queryParam: "q",
    searchDelay: 300,
    minChars: 1,
    propertyToSearch: "name",
    jsonContainer: null,
    contentType: "json",
    excludeCurrent: false,
    excludeCurrentParameter: "x",

    // Prepopulation settings
    prePopulate: null,
    processPrePopulate: false,

    // Display settings
    hintText: "Type in a search term",
    noResultsText: "No results",
    searchingText: "Searching...",
    deleteText: "×",
    animateDropdown: true,
    placeholder: null,
    theme: null,
    zindex: 999,
    resultsLimit: null,

    enableHTML: false,

    resultsFormatter: function(item) {
      var string = item[this.propertyToSearch];
      return "<li>" + (this.enableHTML ? string : _escapeHTML(string)) + "</li>";
    },

    tokenFormatter: function(item) {
      var string = item[this.propertyToSearch];
      return "<li><p>" + (this.enableHTML ? string : _escapeHTML(string)) + "</p></li>";
    },

    // Tokenization settings
    tokenLimit: null,
    tokenDelimiter: ",",
    preventDuplicates: false,
    tokenValue: "id",

    // Behavioral settings
    allowFreeTagging: false,
    allowTabOut: false,
    autoSelectFirstResult: false,

    // Callbacks
    onResult: null,
    onCachedResult: null,
    onAdd: null,
    onFreeTaggingAdd: null,
    onDelete: null,
    onReady: null,

    // Other settings
    idPrefix: "token-input-",

    // Keep track if the input is currently in disabled mode
    disabled: false
  };

  // Default classes to use when theming
  var DEFAULT_CLASSES = {
    tokenList            : "token-input-list",
    token                : "token-input-token",
    tokenReadOnly        : "token-input-token-readonly",
    tokenDelete          : "token-input-delete-token",
    selectedToken        : "token-input-selected-token",
    highlightedToken     : "token-input-highlighted-token",
    dropdown             : "token-input-dropdown",
    dropdownItem         : "token-input-dropdown-item",
    dropdownItem2        : "token-input-dropdown-item2",
    selectedDropdownItem : "token-input-selected-dropdown-item",
    inputToken           : "token-input-input-token",
    focused              : "token-input-focused",
    disabled             : "token-input-disabled"
  };

  // Input box position "enum"
  var POSITION = {
    BEFORE : 0,
    AFTER  : 1,
    END    : 2
  };

  // Keys "enum"
  var KEY = {
    BACKSPACE    : 8,
    TAB          : 9,
    ENTER        : 13,
    ESCAPE       : 27,
    SPACE        : 32,
    PAGE_UP      : 33,
    PAGE_DOWN    : 34,
    END          : 35,
    HOME         : 36,
    LEFT         : 37,
    UP           : 38,
    RIGHT        : 39,
    DOWN         : 40,
    NUMPAD_ENTER : 108,
    COMMA        : 188
  };

  var HTML_ESCAPES = {
    '&' : '&amp;',
    '<' : '&lt;',
    '>' : '&gt;',
    '"' : '&quot;',
    "'" : '&#x27;',
    '/' : '&#x2F;'
  };

  var HTML_ESCAPE_CHARS = /[&<>"'\/]/g;

  function coerceToString(val) {
    return String((val === null || val === undefined) ? '' : val);
  }

  function _escapeHTML(text) {
    return coerceToString(text).replace(HTML_ESCAPE_CHARS, function(match) {
      return HTML_ESCAPES[match];
    });
  }

  // Additional public (exposed) methods
  var methods = {
      init: function(url_or_data_or_function, options) {
          var settings = $.extend({}, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, options || {});

          return this.each(function () {
              $(this).data("settings", settings);
              $(this).data("tokenInputObject", new $.TokenList(this, url_or_data_or_function, settings));
          });
      },
      clear: function() {
          this.data("tokenInputObject").clear();
          return this;
      },
      add: function(item) {
          this.data("tokenInputObject").add(item);
          return this;
      },
      remove: function(item) {
          this.data("tokenInputObject").remove(item);
          return this;
      },
      get: function() {
          return this.data("tokenInputObject").getTokens();
      },
      toggleDisabled: function(disable) {
          this.data("tokenInputObject").toggleDisabled(disable);
          return this;
      },
      setOptions: function(options){
          $(this).data("settings", $.extend({}, $(this).data("settings"), options || {}));
          return this;
      },
      destroy: function () {
        if (this.data("tokenInputObject")) {
          this.data("tokenInputObject").clear();
          var tmpInput = this;
          var closest = this.parent();
          closest.empty();
          tmpInput.show();
          closest.append(tmpInput);
          return tmpInput;
        }
      }
  };

  // Expose the .tokenInput function to jQuery as a plugin
  $.fn.tokenInput = function (method) {
      // Method calling and initialization logic
      if (methods[method]) {
          return methods[method].apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
      } else {
          return methods.init.apply(this, arguments);
      }
  };

  // TokenList class for each input
  $.TokenList = function (input, url_or_data, settings) {
      //
      // Initialization
      //

      // Configure the data source
      if (typeof(url_or_data) === "string" || typeof(url_or_data) === "function") {
          // Set the url to query against
          $(input).data("settings").url = url_or_data;

          // If the URL is a function, evaluate it here to do our initalization work
          var url = computeURL();

          // Make a smart guess about cross-domain if it wasn't explicitly specified
          if ($(input).data("settings").crossDomain === undefined && typeof url === "string") {
              if(url.indexOf("://") === -1) {
                  $(input).data("settings").crossDomain = false;
              } else {
                  $(input).data("settings").crossDomain = (location.href.split(/\/+/g)[1] !== url.split(/\/+/g)[1]);
              }
          }
      } else if (typeof(url_or_data) === "object") {
          // Set the local data to search through
          $(input).data("settings").local_data = url_or_data;
      }

      // Build class names
      if($(input).data("settings").classes) {
          // Use custom class names
          $(input).data("settings").classes = $.extend({}, DEFAULT_CLASSES, $(input).data("settings").classes);
      } else if($(input).data("settings").theme) {
          // Use theme-suffixed default class names
          $(input).data("settings").classes = {};
          $.each(DEFAULT_CLASSES, function(key, value) {
              $(input).data("settings").classes[key] = value + "-" + $(input).data("settings").theme;
          });
      } else {
          $(input).data("settings").classes = DEFAULT_CLASSES;
      }

      // Save the tokens
      var saved_tokens = [];

      // Keep track of the number of tokens in the list
      var token_count = 0;

      // Basic cache to save on db hits
      var cache = new $.TokenList.Cache();

      // Keep track of the timeout, old vals
      var timeout;
      var input_val;

      // Create a new text input an attach keyup events
      var input_box = $("<input type=\"text\" autocomplete=\"off\" autocapitalize=\"off\"/>")
          .css({
              outline: "none"
          })
          .attr("id", $(input).data("settings").idPrefix + input.id)
          .focus(function () {
              if ($(input).data("settings").disabled) {
                  return false;
              } else
              if ($(input).data("settings").tokenLimit === null || $(input).data("settings").tokenLimit !== token_count) {
                  show_dropdown_hint();
              }
              token_list.addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.focused);
          })
          .blur(function () {
              hide_dropdown();

              if ($(input).data("settings").allowFreeTagging) {
                add_freetagging_tokens();
              }

              token_list.removeClass($(input).data("settings").classes.focused);
          })
          .bind("keyup keydown blur update", resize_input)
          .keydown(function (event) {
              var previous_token;
              var next_token;

              switch(event.keyCode) {
                  case KEY.LEFT:
                  case KEY.RIGHT:
                  case KEY.UP:
                  case KEY.DOWN:
                    if(this.value.length === 0) {
                        previous_token = input_token.prev();
                        next_token = input_token.next();

                        if((previous_token.length && previous_token.get(0) === selected_token) ||
						   (next_token.length && next_token.get(0) === selected_token)) {
                            // Check if there is a previous/next token and it is selected
                            if(event.keyCode === KEY.LEFT || event.keyCode === KEY.UP) {
                                deselect_token($(selected_token), POSITION.BEFORE);
                            } else {
                                deselect_token($(selected_token), POSITION.AFTER);
                            }
                        } else if((event.keyCode === KEY.LEFT || event.keyCode === KEY.UP) && previous_token.length) {
                            // We are moving left, select the previous token if it exists
                            select_token($(previous_token.get(0)));
                        } else if((event.keyCode === KEY.RIGHT || event.keyCode === KEY.DOWN) && next_token.length) {
                            // We are moving right, select the next token if it exists
                            select_token($(next_token.get(0)));
                        }
                    } else {
                      var dropdown_item = null;

                      if (event.keyCode === KEY.DOWN || event.keyCode === KEY.RIGHT) {
                        dropdown_item = $(dropdown).find('li').first();

                        if (selected_dropdown_item) {
                          dropdown_item = $(selected_dropdown_item).next();
                        }
                      } else {
                        dropdown_item = $(dropdown).find('li').last();

                        if (selected_dropdown_item) {
                          dropdown_item = $(selected_dropdown_item).prev();
                        }
                      }

                      select_dropdown_item(dropdown_item);
                    }

                    break;

                  case KEY.BACKSPACE:
                      previous_token = input_token.prev();

                      if (this.value.length === 0) {
                        if (selected_token) {
                          delete_token($(selected_token));
                          hiddenInput.change();
                        } else if(previous_token.length) {
                          select_token($(previous_token.get(0)));
                        }

                        return false;
                      } else if($(this).val().length === 1) {
                          hide_dropdown();
                      } else {
                          // set a timeout just long enough to let this function finish.
                          setTimeout(function(){ do_search(); }, 5);
                      }
                      break;

                  case KEY.TAB:
                  case KEY.ENTER:
                  case KEY.NUMPAD_ENTER:
                  case KEY.COMMA:
                    if(selected_dropdown_item) {
                      add_token($(selected_dropdown_item).data("tokeninput"));
                      hiddenInput.change();
                    } else {
                      if ($(input).data("settings").allowFreeTagging) {
                        if($(input).data("settings").allowTabOut && $(this).val() === "") {
                          return true;
                        } else {
                          add_freetagging_tokens();
                        }
                      } else {
                        $(this).val("");
                        if($(input).data("settings").allowTabOut) {
                          return true;
                        }
                      }
                      event.stopPropagation();
                      event.preventDefault();
                    }
                    return false;

                  case KEY.ESCAPE:
                    hide_dropdown();
                    return true;

                  default:
                    if (String.fromCharCode(event.which)) {
                      // set a timeout just long enough to let this function finish.
                      setTimeout(function(){ do_search(); }, 5);
                    }
                    break;
              }
          });

      // Keep reference for placeholder
      if (settings.placeholder) {
        input_box.attr("placeholder", settings.placeholder);
      }

      // Keep a reference to the original input box
      var hiddenInput = $(input)
        .hide()
        .val("")
        .focus(function () {
          focusWithTimeout(input_box);
        })
        .blur(function () {
          input_box.blur();

          //return the object to this can be referenced in the callback functions.
          return hiddenInput;
        })
      ;

      // Keep a reference to the selected token and dropdown item
      var selected_token = null;
      var selected_token_index = 0;
      var selected_dropdown_item = null;

      // The list to store the token items in
      var token_list = $("<ul />")
          .addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.tokenList)
          .click(function (event) {
              var li = $(event.target).closest("li");
              if(li && li.get(0) && $.data(li.get(0), "tokeninput")) {
                  toggle_select_token(li);
              } else {
                  // Deselect selected token
                  if(selected_token) {
                      deselect_token($(selected_token), POSITION.END);
                  }

                  // Focus input box
                  focusWithTimeout(input_box);
              }
          })
          .mouseover(function (event) {
              var li = $(event.target).closest("li");
              if(li && selected_token !== this) {
                  li.addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.highlightedToken);
              }
          })
          .mouseout(function (event) {
              var li = $(event.target).closest("li");
              if(li && selected_token !== this) {
                  li.removeClass($(input).data("settings").classes.highlightedToken);
              }
          })
          .insertBefore(hiddenInput);

      // The token holding the input box
      var input_token = $("<li />")
          .addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.inputToken)
          .appendTo(token_list)
          .append(input_box);

      // The list to store the dropdown items in
      var dropdown = $("<div/>")
          .addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.dropdown)
          .appendTo("body")
          .hide();

      // Magic element to help us resize the text input
      var input_resizer = $("<tester/>")
          .insertAfter(input_box)
          .css({
              position: "absolute",
              top: -9999,
              left: -9999,
              width: "auto",
              fontSize: input_box.css("fontSize"),
              fontFamily: input_box.css("fontFamily"),
              fontWeight: input_box.css("fontWeight"),
              letterSpacing: input_box.css("letterSpacing"),
              whiteSpace: "nowrap"
          });

      // Pre-populate list if items exist
      hiddenInput.val("");
      var li_data = $(input).data("settings").prePopulate || hiddenInput.data("pre");

      if ($(input).data("settings").processPrePopulate && $.isFunction($(input).data("settings").onResult)) {
          li_data = $(input).data("settings").onResult.call(hiddenInput, li_data);
      }

      if (li_data && li_data.length) {
          $.each(li_data, function (index, value) {
              insert_token(value);
              checkTokenLimit();
              input_box.attr("placeholder", null)
          });
      }

      // Check if widget should initialize as disabled
      if ($(input).data("settings").disabled) {
          toggleDisabled(true);
      }

      // Initialization is done
      if (typeof($(input).data("settings").onReady) === "function") {
        $(input).data("settings").onReady.call();
      }

      //
      // Public functions
      //

      this.clear = function() {
          token_list.children("li").each(function() {
              if ($(this).children("input").length === 0) {
                  delete_token($(this));
              }
          });
      };

      this.add = function(item) {
          add_token(item);
      };

      this.remove = function(item) {
          token_list.children("li").each(function() {
              if ($(this).children("input").length === 0) {
                  var currToken = $(this).data("tokeninput");
                  var match = true;
                  for (var prop in item) {
                      if (item[prop] !== currToken[prop]) {
                          match = false;
                          break;
                      }
                  }
                  if (match) {
                      delete_token($(this));
                  }
              }
          });
      };

      this.getTokens = function() {
          return saved_tokens;
      };

      this.toggleDisabled = function(disable) {
          toggleDisabled(disable);
      };

      // Resize input to maximum width so the placeholder can be seen
      resize_input();

      //
      // Private functions
      //

      function escapeHTML(text) {
        return $(input).data("settings").enableHTML ? text : _escapeHTML(text);
      }

      // Toggles the widget between enabled and disabled state, or according
      // to the [disable] parameter.
      function toggleDisabled(disable) {
          if (typeof disable === 'boolean') {
              $(input).data("settings").disabled = disable
          } else {
              $(input).data("settings").disabled = !$(input).data("settings").disabled;
          }
          input_box.attr('disabled', $(input).data("settings").disabled);
          token_list.toggleClass($(input).data("settings").classes.disabled, $(input).data("settings").disabled);
          // if there is any token selected we deselect it
          if(selected_token) {
              deselect_token($(selected_token), POSITION.END);
          }
          hiddenInput.attr('disabled', $(input).data("settings").disabled);
      }

      function checkTokenLimit() {
          if($(input).data("settings").tokenLimit !== null && token_count >= $(input).data("settings").tokenLimit) {
              input_box.hide();
              hide_dropdown();
              return;
          }
      }

      function resize_input() {
          if(input_val === (input_val = input_box.val())) {return;}

          // Get width left on the current line
          var width_left = token_list.width() - input_box.offset().left - token_list.offset().left;
          // Enter new content into resizer and resize input accordingly
          input_resizer.html(_escapeHTML(input_val) || _escapeHTML(settings.placeholder));
          // Get maximum width, minimum the size of input and maximum the widget's width
          input_box.width(Math.min(token_list.width(),
                                   Math.max(width_left, input_resizer.width() + 30)));
      }

      function add_freetagging_tokens() {
          var value = $.trim(input_box.val());
          var tokens = value.split($(input).data("settings").tokenDelimiter);
          $.each(tokens, function(i, token) {
            if (!token) {
              return;
            }

            if ($.isFunction($(input).data("settings").onFreeTaggingAdd)) {
              token = $(input).data("settings").onFreeTaggingAdd.call(hiddenInput, token);
            }
            var object = {};
            object[$(input).data("settings").tokenValue] = object[$(input).data("settings").propertyToSearch] = token;
            add_token(object);
          });
      }

      // Inner function to a token to the list
      function insert_token(item) {
          var $this_token = $($(input).data("settings").tokenFormatter(item));
          var readonly = item.readonly === true;

          if(readonly) $this_token.addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.tokenReadOnly);

          $this_token.addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.token).insertBefore(input_token);

          // The 'delete token' button
          if(!readonly) {
            $("<span>" + $(input).data("settings").deleteText + "</span>")
                .addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.tokenDelete)
                .appendTo($this_token)
                .click(function () {
                    if (!$(input).data("settings").disabled) {
                        delete_token($(this).parent());
                        hiddenInput.change();
                        return false;
                    }
                });
          }

          // Store data on the token
          var token_data = item;
          $.data($this_token.get(0), "tokeninput", item);

          // Save this token for duplicate checking
          saved_tokens = saved_tokens.slice(0,selected_token_index).concat([token_data]).concat(saved_tokens.slice(selected_token_index));
          selected_token_index++;

          // Update the hidden input
          update_hiddenInput(saved_tokens, hiddenInput);

          token_count += 1;

          // Check the token limit
          if($(input).data("settings").tokenLimit !== null && token_count >= $(input).data("settings").tokenLimit) {
              input_box.hide();
              hide_dropdown();
          }

          return $this_token;
      }

      // Add a token to the token list based on user input
      function add_token (item) {
          var callback = $(input).data("settings").onAdd;

          // See if the token already exists and select it if we don't want duplicates
          if(token_count > 0 && $(input).data("settings").preventDuplicates) {
              var found_existing_token = null;
              token_list.children().each(function () {
                  var existing_token = $(this);
                  var existing_data = $.data(existing_token.get(0), "tokeninput");
                  if(existing_data && existing_data[settings.tokenValue] === item[settings.tokenValue]) {
                      found_existing_token = existing_token;
                      return false;
                  }
              });

              if(found_existing_token) {
                  select_token(found_existing_token);
                  input_token.insertAfter(found_existing_token);
                  focusWithTimeout(input_box);
                  return;
              }
          }

          // Squeeze input_box so we force no unnecessary line break
          input_box.width(1);

          // Insert the new tokens
          if($(input).data("settings").tokenLimit == null || token_count < $(input).data("settings").tokenLimit) {
              insert_token(item);
              // Remove the placeholder so it's not seen after you've added a token
              input_box.attr("placeholder", null);
              checkTokenLimit();
          }

          // Clear input box
          input_box.val("");

          // Don't show the help dropdown, they've got the idea
          hide_dropdown();

          // Execute the onAdd callback if defined
          if($.isFunction(callback)) {
              callback.call(hiddenInput,item);
          }
      }

      // Select a token in the token list
      function select_token (token) {
          if (!$(input).data("settings").disabled) {
              token.addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.selectedToken);
              selected_token = token.get(0);

              // Hide input box
              input_box.val("");

              // Hide dropdown if it is visible (eg if we clicked to select token)
              hide_dropdown();
          }
      }

      // Deselect a token in the token list
      function deselect_token (token, position) {
          token.removeClass($(input).data("settings").classes.selectedToken);
          selected_token = null;

          if(position === POSITION.BEFORE) {
              input_token.insertBefore(token);
              selected_token_index--;
          } else if(position === POSITION.AFTER) {
              input_token.insertAfter(token);
              selected_token_index++;
          } else {
              input_token.appendTo(token_list);
              selected_token_index = token_count;
          }

          // Show the input box and give it focus again
          focusWithTimeout(input_box);
      }

      // Toggle selection of a token in the token list
      function toggle_select_token(token) {
          var previous_selected_token = selected_token;

          if(selected_token) {
              deselect_token($(selected_token), POSITION.END);
          }

          if(previous_selected_token === token.get(0)) {
              deselect_token(token, POSITION.END);
          } else {
              select_token(token);
          }
      }

      // Delete a token from the token list
      function delete_token (token) {
          // Remove the id from the saved list
          var token_data = $.data(token.get(0), "tokeninput");
          var callback = $(input).data("settings").onDelete;

          var index = token.prevAll().length;
          if(index > selected_token_index) index--;

          // Delete the token
          token.remove();
          selected_token = null;

          // Show the input box and give it focus again
          focusWithTimeout(input_box);

          // Remove this token from the saved list
          saved_tokens = saved_tokens.slice(0,index).concat(saved_tokens.slice(index+1));
          if (saved_tokens.length == 0) {
              input_box.attr("placeholder", settings.placeholder)
          }
          if(index < selected_token_index) selected_token_index--;

          // Update the hidden input
          update_hiddenInput(saved_tokens, hiddenInput);

          token_count -= 1;

          if($(input).data("settings").tokenLimit !== null) {
              input_box
                  .show()
                  .val("");
              focusWithTimeout(input_box);
          }

          // Execute the onDelete callback if defined
          if($.isFunction(callback)) {
              callback.call(hiddenInput,token_data);
          }
      }

      // Update the hidden input box value
      function update_hiddenInput(saved_tokens, hiddenInput) {
          var token_values = $.map(saved_tokens, function (el) {
              if(typeof $(input).data("settings").tokenValue == 'function')
                return $(input).data("settings").tokenValue.call(this, el);

              return el[$(input).data("settings").tokenValue];
          });
          hiddenInput.val(token_values.join($(input).data("settings").tokenDelimiter));

      }

      // Hide and clear the results dropdown
      function hide_dropdown () {
          dropdown.hide().empty();
          selected_dropdown_item = null;
      }

      function show_dropdown() {
          dropdown
              .css({
                  position: "absolute",
                  top: token_list.offset().top + token_list.outerHeight(true),
                  left: token_list.offset().left,
                  width: token_list.width(),
                  'z-index': $(input).data("settings").zindex
              })
              .show();
      }

      function show_dropdown_searching () {
          if($(input).data("settings").searchingText) {
              dropdown.html("<p>" + escapeHTML($(input).data("settings").searchingText) + "</p>");
              show_dropdown();
          }
      }

      function show_dropdown_hint () {
          if($(input).data("settings").hintText) {
              dropdown.html("<p>" + escapeHTML($(input).data("settings").hintText) + "</p>");
              show_dropdown();
          }
      }

      var regexp_special_chars = new RegExp('[.\\\\+*?\\[\\^\\]$(){}=!<>|:\\-]', 'g');
      function regexp_escape(term) {
          return term.replace(regexp_special_chars, '\\$&');
      }

      // Highlight the query part of the search term
      function highlight_term(value, term) {
          return value.replace(
            new RegExp(
              "(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" + regexp_escape(term) + ")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)",
              "gi"
            ), function(match, p1) {
              return "<b>" + escapeHTML(p1) + "</b>";
            }
          );
      }

      function find_value_and_highlight_term(template, value, term) {
          return template.replace(new RegExp("(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" + regexp_escape(value) + ")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "g"), highlight_term(value, term));
      }

      // exclude existing tokens from dropdown, so the list is clearer
      function excludeCurrent(results) {
          if ($(input).data("settings").excludeCurrent) {
              var currentTokens = $(input).data("tokenInputObject").getTokens(),
                  trimmedList = [];
              if (currentTokens.length) {
                  $.each(results, function(index, value) {
                      var notFound = true;
                      $.each(currentTokens, function(cIndex, cValue) {
                          if (value[$(input).data("settings").propertyToSearch] == cValue[$(input).data("settings").propertyToSearch]) {
                              notFound = false;
                              return false;
                          }
                      });

                      if (notFound) {
                          trimmedList.push(value);
                      }
                  });
                  results = trimmedList;
              }
          }

          return results;
      }

      // Populate the results dropdown with some results
      function populateDropdown (query, results) {
          // exclude current tokens if configured
          results = excludeCurrent(results);

          if(results && results.length) {
              dropdown.empty();
              var dropdown_ul = $("<ul/>")
                  .appendTo(dropdown)
                  .mouseover(function (event) {
                      select_dropdown_item($(event.target).closest("li"));
                  })
                  .mousedown(function (event) {
                      add_token($(event.target).closest("li").data("tokeninput"));
                      hiddenInput.change();
                      return false;
                  })
                  .hide();

              if ($(input).data("settings").resultsLimit && results.length > $(input).data("settings").resultsLimit) {
                  results = results.slice(0, $(input).data("settings").resultsLimit);
              }

              $.each(results, function(index, value) {
                  var this_li = $(input).data("settings").resultsFormatter(value);

                  this_li = find_value_and_highlight_term(this_li ,value[$(input).data("settings").propertyToSearch], query);
                  this_li = $(this_li).appendTo(dropdown_ul);

                  if(index % 2) {
                      this_li.addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.dropdownItem);
                  } else {
                      this_li.addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.dropdownItem2);
                  }

                  if(index === 0 && $(input).data("settings").autoSelectFirstResult) {
                      select_dropdown_item(this_li);
                  }

                  $.data(this_li.get(0), "tokeninput", value);
              });

              show_dropdown();

              if($(input).data("settings").animateDropdown) {
                  dropdown_ul.slideDown("fast");
              } else {
                  dropdown_ul.show();
              }
          } else {
              if($(input).data("settings").noResultsText) {
                  dropdown.html("<p>" + escapeHTML($(input).data("settings").noResultsText) + "</p>");
                  show_dropdown();
              }
          }
      }

      // Highlight an item in the results dropdown
      function select_dropdown_item (item) {
          if(item) {
              if(selected_dropdown_item) {
                  deselect_dropdown_item($(selected_dropdown_item));
              }

              item.addClass($(input).data("settings").classes.selectedDropdownItem);
              selected_dropdown_item = item.get(0);
          }
      }

      // Remove highlighting from an item in the results dropdown
      function deselect_dropdown_item (item) {
          item.removeClass($(input).data("settings").classes.selectedDropdownItem);
          selected_dropdown_item = null;
      }

      // Do a search and show the "searching" dropdown if the input is longer
      // than $(input).data("settings").minChars
      function do_search() {
          var query = input_box.val();

          if(query && query.length) {
              if(selected_token) {
                  deselect_token($(selected_token), POSITION.AFTER);
              }

              if(query.length >= $(input).data("settings").minChars) {
                  show_dropdown_searching();
                  clearTimeout(timeout);

                  timeout = setTimeout(function(){
                      run_search(query);
                  }, $(input).data("settings").searchDelay);
              } else {
                  hide_dropdown();
              }
          }
      }

      // Do the actual search
      function run_search(query) {
          var cache_key = query + computeURL();
          var cached_results = cache.get(cache_key);
          if (cached_results) {
              if ($.isFunction($(input).data("settings").onCachedResult)) {
                cached_results = $(input).data("settings").onCachedResult.call(hiddenInput, cached_results);
              }
              populateDropdown(query, cached_results);
          } else {
              // Are we doing an ajax search or local data search?
              if($(input).data("settings").url) {
                  var url = computeURL();
                  // Extract existing get params
                  var ajax_params = {};
                  ajax_params.data = {};
                  if(url.indexOf("?") > -1) {
                      var parts = url.split("?");
                      ajax_params.url = parts[0];

                      var param_array = parts[1].split("&");
                      $.each(param_array, function (index, value) {
                          var kv = value.split("=");
                          ajax_params.data[kv[0]] = kv[1];
                      });
                  } else {
                      ajax_params.url = url;
                  }

                  // Prepare the request
                  ajax_params.data[$(input).data("settings").queryParam] = query;
                  ajax_params.type = $(input).data("settings").method;
                  ajax_params.dataType = $(input).data("settings").contentType;
                  if ($(input).data("settings").crossDomain) {
                      ajax_params.dataType = "jsonp";
                  }

                  // exclude current tokens?
                  // send exclude list to the server, so it can also exclude existing tokens
                  if ($(input).data("settings").excludeCurrent) {
                      var currentTokens = $(input).data("tokenInputObject").getTokens();
                      var tokenList = $.map(currentTokens, function (el) {
                          if(typeof $(input).data("settings").tokenValue == 'function')
                              return $(input).data("settings").tokenValue.call(this, el);

                          return el[$(input).data("settings").tokenValue];
                      });

                      ajax_params.data[$(input).data("settings").excludeCurrentParameter] = tokenList.join($(input).data("settings").tokenDelimiter);
                  }

                  // Attach the success callback
                  ajax_params.success = function(results) {
                    cache.add(cache_key, $(input).data("settings").jsonContainer ? results[$(input).data("settings").jsonContainer] : results);
                    if($.isFunction($(input).data("settings").onResult)) {
                        results = $(input).data("settings").onResult.call(hiddenInput, results);
                    }

                    // only populate the dropdown if the results are associated with the active search query
                    if(input_box.val() === query) {
                        populateDropdown(query, $(input).data("settings").jsonContainer ? results[$(input).data("settings").jsonContainer] : results);
                    }
                  };

                  // Provide a beforeSend callback
                  if (settings.onSend) {
                    settings.onSend(ajax_params);
                  }

                  // Make the request
                  $.ajax(ajax_params);
              } else if($(input).data("settings").local_data) {
                  // Do the search through local data
                  var results = $.grep($(input).data("settings").local_data, function (row) {
                      return row[$(input).data("settings").propertyToSearch].toLowerCase().indexOf(query.toLowerCase()) > -1;
                  });

                  cache.add(cache_key, results);
                  if($.isFunction($(input).data("settings").onResult)) {
                      results = $(input).data("settings").onResult.call(hiddenInput, results);
                  }
                  populateDropdown(query, results);
              }
          }
      }

      // compute the dynamic URL
      function computeURL() {
          var settings = $(input).data("settings");
          return typeof settings.url == 'function' ? settings.url.call(settings) : settings.url;
      }

      // Bring browser focus to the specified object.
      // Use of setTimeout is to get around an IE bug.
      // (See, e.g., http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2600186/focus-doesnt-work-in-ie)
      //
      // obj: a jQuery object to focus()
      function focusWithTimeout(object) {
          setTimeout(
            function() {
			  object.focus();
            },
			50
		  );
      }
  };

  // Really basic cache for the results
  $.TokenList.Cache = function (options) {
    var settings, data = {}, size = 0, flush;

    settings = $.extend({ max_size: 500 }, options);

    flush = function () {
      data = {};
      size = 0;
    };

    this.add = function (query, results) {
      if (size > settings.max_size) {
        flush();
      }

      if (!data[query]) {
        size += 1;
      }

      data[query] = results;
    };

    this.get = function (query) {
      return data[query];
    };
  };

}(jQuery));