I am overriding jQuery Autocomplete to display simple links (`<a href=...>`") and some extra formatting that will need to become more complex later. 

Nothing happens when the links are clicked. Is there a way to remove whatever event handler or other code is intercepting clicks so that they behave as expected?

There are several related questions (eg [#4536055](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4536055/jquery-autocomplete-where-the-results-are-links)) with good answers, but they deal with the default Autocomplete behavior. The `source` answer seems like a hack -- links should function like links.

My code:

```
$.widget( "custom.complete_custom", $.ui.autocomplete, {
        _renderMenu: function( ul, items ) {
            // Trigger a "See all" link if there are two many results
            var self = this;
            var too_long = false;
            if (items.length > 10){
                original_length = items.length;
                too_long = true;
                items = items.slice(0,10);
            }

            // Display each result as a link
            $.each( items, function( index, item ) {
                ul.append( "<li class='ui-autocomplete-category'><a href='/building/" + item.buildingcode + "'>" + item.buildingname + "</a></li>" );
            });

            // Add the "See all" link if necessary
            if(too_long) {
                ul.append( "<li class='ui-autocomplete-category see-all'><a href='/search/" + 'term' + "'><strong>See all " + original_length + " results</strong></a></li>" )
            } 
        }
    });

    // The autocomplete activator
    $( "#search" ).complete_custom({
    source: "/search/json",
        minLength: 2
    });

```