Fix to autocomplete targetting wrong element and saving strings to config.

themes/bootstrap3/js/autocomplete.js

 /*global jQuery, window, document, console, setTimeout, clearTimeout */
 /**
- * crhallberg/autocomplete.js 0.14.1
+ * crhallberg/autocomplete.js 0.15
  * ~ @crhallberg
  */
 (function ( $ ) {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
           createList(cache[cid][term], input);
         }
       } else {
-        options.handler(input.val(), function(data) {
+        options.handler(input, function(data) {
           cache[cid][term] = data;
           if (data.length === 0) {
             hide();
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@
 
   $.fn.autocomplete = function(settings) {
 
-    options = $.extend( {}, options, settings );
 
     return this.each(function() {
 
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@
           align(input);
         } else if (settings === "hide") {
           hide();
-        } else if (settings === "clear cache" && options.cache) {
+        } else if (options.cache && settings === "clear cache") {
           var cid = parseInt(input.data('cache-id'), 10);
           cache[cid] = {};
         }
@@ -261,6 +260,7 @@
         console.error('handler function not provided for autocomplete');
         return this;
       } else {
+        options = $.extend( {}, options, settings );
         element = $('.autocomplete-results');
         if (element.length == 0) {
           element = setup(input);

themes/bootstrap3/js/common.js

@@ -165,10 +165,11 @@ function setupAutocomplete() {
     $(op).autocomplete({
       maxResults: 10,
       loadingString: VuFind.translate('loading')+'...',
-      handler: function(query, cb) {
-        var searcher = extractClassParams(op);
+      handler: function(input, cb) {
+        var query = input.val();
+        var searcher = extractClassParams(input);
         var hiddenFilters = [];
-        $(op).closest('.searchForm').find('input[name="hiddenFilters[]"]').each(function() {
+        $(input).closest('.searchForm').find('input[name="hiddenFilters[]"]').each(function() {
           hiddenFilters.push($(this).val());
         });
         $.fn.autocomplete.ajax({
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ function setupAutocomplete() {
             q:query,
             method:'getACSuggestions',
             searcher:searcher['searcher'],
-            type:searcher['type'] ? searcher['type'] : $(op).closest('.searchForm').find('.searchForm_type').val(),
+            type:searcher['type'] ? searcher['type'] : $(input).closest('.searchForm').find('.searchForm_type').val(),
             hiddenFilters:hiddenFilters
           },
           dataType:'json',