title: Need to access the ID of autocomplete comboBox in jquery
body: <p><strong>i want to retrive id of Combobox on key event(or on Change:) written below 
  try to see the CHANGE:function in below code and suggest some tips</strong>
  i want to retrive id of Combobox on key event(or on Change:) written below 
  try to see the CHANGE:function in below code and suggest some tips</p>
  
  <pre><code>(function($) {
   $.widget("ui.combobox", {
       _create: function() {
           var input, self = this, select = this.element.hide(), selected = select.children(":selected"), value = selected.val() ?
   selected.text() : "", wrapper = this.wrapper =
   $("&lt;span&gt;").addClass("ui-combobox").insertAfter(select);
  
           input = $("&lt;input&gt;")
                  .appendTo(wrapper)
                  .val(value)
                  .addClass("ui-state-default ui-combobox-input")
                  .autocomplete({
                      delay: 0,
                      minLength: 0,
                      source: function(request, response) {
                          var matcher = new RegExp($.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i");
                          response(select.children("option").map(function() {
                              var text = $(this).text();
                              if (this.value &amp;&amp; (!request.term || matcher.test(text)))
                              // alert(text);
                                  return {
                                      label: text.replace(
                                          new RegExp(
                                              "(?![^&amp;;]+;)(?!&lt;[^&lt;&gt;]*)(" +
                                              $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term) +
                                              ")(?![^&lt;&gt;]*&gt;)(?![^&amp;;]+;)", "gi"
                                          ), "&lt;strong&gt;$1&lt;/strong&gt;"),
                                      value: text,
                                      option: this
                                  };
                          }));
                      },
  
                      select: function(event, ui) {
                          ui.item.option.selected = true;
                          self._trigger("selected", event, {
                              item: ui.item.option
                          });
                      },
                      change: function(event, ui) {
                          // alert($(event.target)[0].id);
                          //alert($(this).attr('id'));
                          alert(event.target.id);
                          if (!ui.item) {
                              xT = $(this).val();
                              var matcher = new RegExp("^" + $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex($(this).val()) + "$", "i"),
                                  valid = false;
                              select.children("option").each(function() {
                                  if ($(this).text().match(matcher)) {
                                      this.selected = valid = true;
                                      return false;
                                  }
                              });
                              if (!valid) {
                                  xT = $(this).val();
                                  $(".selPnext").show();
                                  // remove invalid value, as it didn't match anything
                                  // $(this).val("");
                                  // select.val("");
                                  // input.data("autocomplete").term = "";
                                  return false;
                              }
                          }
                      }
                  })
           //.addClass("ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-left");
  
           input.data("autocomplete")._renderItem = function(ul, item) {
               return $("&lt;li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;")
                      .data("item.autocomplete", item)
                      .append("&lt;a&gt;" + item.label + "&lt;/a&gt;")
                      .appendTo(ul);
           };
  
           $("&lt;a&gt;")
                  .attr("tabIndex", -1)
                  .attr("title", "Show All Items")
                  .appendTo(wrapper)
                  .button({
                      icons: {
                          primary: "ui-icon-triangle-1-s"
                      },
                      text: false
                  })
                  .removeClass("ui-corner-all")
                  .addClass("ui-corner-right ui-combobox-toggle")
                  .click(function() {
                      // close if already visible
                      if (input.autocomplete("widget").is(":visible")) {
                          input.autocomplete("close");
                          return;
                      }
  
                      // work around a bug (likely same cause as #5265)
                      $(this).blur();
  
                      // pass empty string as value to search for, displaying all results
                      input.autocomplete("search", "");
                      input.focus();
                  });
       },
  
       destroy: function() {
           this.wrapper.remove();
           this.element.show();
           $.Widget.prototype.destroy.call(this);
       }
   }); })(jQuery); var xT; function myVal() {
   return xT; } $(function() {
   //$("#tryy").combobox();
   //$("#country").combobox(); });
  </code></pre>