Returning false in event handlers does not work

[himanshuranavat]

$scope.autocompleteConfig = {
        options: {
            minLength: 1,
            source: [{'label': 'French', 'value':'fr', alternateValueForDisplay: 'FR'}]
        }, 
       events: {
           select: function(event, ui) {
             angular.element(event.target).val(ui.item.alternateValueForDisplay);
             return false;
           }
     }
    };

Returning false is necessary to override the default behavior of "select" event handler of jQuery autocomplete plugin. But, this false return value cannot be read by jQuery due to the way events are bound by this directive (since these events are intercepted by the directive)