so. you need an autocomplete that will show you one object in a set of objects.

what you need, my friend, is the jQuery UI’s autocomplete.

Autocomplete

 

by the way, this is the class to get rid of that ugly blue hover state for the dropdown:

.ui-state-active,

.ui-widget-content .ui-state-active,

.ui-widget-header .ui-state-active,

a.ui-button:active,

.ui-button:active,

.ui-button.ui-state-active:hover {

background: none;

background-color: #6F257F;

border: none;}