From c53f7b631e443a8c52deca8db7f94900e39090c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: patrick brisbin <pbrisbin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:13:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Autocomplete: add a selectFirst option

  * Default is false (existing behavior)
  * When true, if the menu is visible but not active and the user hits
    enter or tab, auto select the first item
---
 ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js b/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js
index ee6eb659f4b..b273ce1652c 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 		autoFocus: true,
 		delay: 300,
 		minLength: 1,
+                selectFirst: false,
 		position: {
 			my: "left top",
 			at: "left bottom",
@@ -87,7 +88,12 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 					//passthrough - ENTER and TAB both select the current element
 				case keyCode.TAB:
 					if ( !self.menu.active ) {
-						return;
+		                                if ( self.options.selectFirst && self.menu.element.is(":visible") ) {
+                                                        self._move("next", event);
+                                                }
+                                                else {
+                                                        return;
+                                                }
 					}
 					self.menu.select( event );
 					break;