From 2d238925d87225abeba4f8786897f9af36e81b19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Harding <jharding@twitter.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 00:23:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Have typeahead.val() mirror $.val(). Closes #659.

---
 src/typeahead/plugin.js | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/typeahead/plugin.js b/src/typeahead/plugin.js
index 2397f747..09e9e83b 100644
--- a/src/typeahead/plugin.js
+++ b/src/typeahead/plugin.js
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@
     },
 
     val: function val(newVal) {
-      return _.isString(newVal) ?
-        this.each(setQuery) : this.map(getQuery).get();
+      // mirror jQuery#val functionality: reads opearte on first match,
+      // write operates on all matches
+      return !arguments.length ? getQuery(this.first()) : this.each(setQuery);
 
       function setQuery() {
         var $input = $(this), typeahead;
@@ -84,8 +85,8 @@
         }
       }
 
-      function getQuery() {
-        var $input = $(this), typeahead, query;
+      function getQuery($input) {
+        var typeahead, query;
 
         if (typeahead = $input.data(typeaheadKey)) {
           query = typeahead.getQuery();