tinymce.init({selector: 'textarea'}); function clearpretty() { setTimeout(function () { $('#savebtn').prop('disabled', false); $('#savebtn').html(' Save Task'); }, 2000); } function prettysave() { $('#savebtn').prop('disabled', true); $('#savebtn').html(' Task Saved!'); clearpretty(); } var options = { url: "action.php", ajaxSettings: { dataType: "json", method: "GET", data: { action: "autocomplete" } }, preparePostData: function (data) { data.q = $("#assigned-to-box").val(); return data; }, getValue: function (element) { return element.username; }, template: { type: "custom", method: function (value, item) { return item.name + " " + item.username + ""; } } }; $("#assigned-to-box").easyAutocomplete(options);