The default behavior for the jQuery Autocomplete widget is to position the results list one z-index level above the input so that the latter is always visible but in my case this has the undesirable effect of overshadowing the text input element.
I tried to set the z-index value input element at least one level above that of the result list from within the open method like so without much success:
open: function () {
setTimeout(function () {
$(this).css('zIndex', 10000);
}, 1);
},
close: function () {
$(this).css('zIndex', 0);
}
The z-index level for the input element does get promoted to 10000 while that of the results list remains at level 1 but the input element still appears underneath it.
Does anyone have a clue on why this is happening? The position attributes for the results list and input element are set to absolute and relative respectively. Could that be the cause?