Autocomplete: new option autoFocus, default false. Fixed #7032 - Autocomplete: Add option to automatically highlight the first result

Author: rdworth

tests/unit/autocomplete/autocomplete_defaults.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 var autocomplete_defaults = {
 	appendTo: "body",
+	autoFocus: false,
 	delay: 300,
 	disabled: false,
 	minLength: 1,

ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 	defaultElement: "<input>",
 	options: {
 		appendTo: "body",
+		autoFocus: false,
 		delay: 300,
 		minLength: 1,
 		position: {
@@ -362,6 +363,10 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 		this.menu.blur();
 		this.menu.refresh();
 
+		if ( this.options.autoFocus ) {
+			this.menu.next( new $.Event("mouseover") );
+		}
+
 		// size and position menu
 		ul.show();
 		this._resizeMenu();