Inherit input's value on typeahead initialization.

twitter · Mar 12, 2013 · 1c11a94 · 1c11a94
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diff --git a/src/input_view.js b/src/input_view.js
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ var InputView = (function() {
       40: 'down'
     };
 
-    this.query = '';
-
     this.$hint = $(o.hint);
     this.$input = $(o.input)
     .on('blur.tt', this._handleBlur)
@@ -51,6 +49,10 @@ var InputView = (function() {
       });
     }
 
+    // the query defaults to whatever the value of the input is
+    // on initialization, it'll most likely be an empty string
+    this.query = this.$input.val();
+
     // helps with calculating the width of the input's value
     this.$overflowHelper = buildOverflowHelper(this.$input);
   }

diff --git a/test/input_view_spec.js b/test/input_view_spec.js
@@ -149,6 +149,19 @@ describe('InputView', function() {
   // public methods
   // --------------
 
+  describe('#constructor', function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      this.inputView.destroy();
+
+      this.$input.val('hey there');
+      this.inputView = new InputView({ input: this.$input, hint: this.$hint });
+    });
+
+    it('should default the query to the value of the input', function() {
+      expect(this.inputView.getQuery()).toBe('hey there');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('#destroy', function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
       this.inputView.destroy();