Suggestion: method to call to programatically search for a and show suggestions

[seiz]

Hi,

i'd appreciate a method i could call, so typeahead would init, pull in the defined json, do the search and present the results.

Currently i do this with a hack: $("input.typeahead").trigger("input");

Some background on why i'd find this useful:
im am trying to use typeahead.js not only for suggestions but for a complete search engine.
My goal is to offer the user suggestions while he types into the input field and then, once hits the return key, i'll load a searchresults page and display a complete list of all matches. The search results page pre populates the input field with from a parameter in the query string, wires the field up with .typeahead and would then need to call a method so typeahead will do its magic and display the results (which i reformat with jquery so they'll not be attached to the input field any longer).

[jharding]

I've been kicking around the idea of adding a plugin method to retrieve suggestions from the datasets programmatically. Would something like the following support your use case:

// initialize the typeahead
$('.typeahead').typeahead({ /* options */ });

// after something happens and you want to retrieve the suggestions
// for a arbitrary query programmatically 
$('.typeahead').typeahead('getSuggestions', query, function(suggestions) {
  // do what you want with the suggestions here
});

[seiz]

That'd be awesome and much cleaner for the use case i described. Thanks!

Still, being able to tell the input to update and show results would probably come in handy from time to time, so i hope $("input.typeahead").trigger("input"); won't go away anytime soon.

[jharding]

I think #159 resolves this issue. Please correct me if I'm wrong.