Bootstrap typeahead - How to set the default value manually

Question

I tried this:

$(\"#typeahead_object\").val(\"test\");

It only changes the textbox value but doesn\'t trigger the \'updater\' function

Answer 1

You could manually trigger a keyup event on the input element, after setting the value:

$("#typeahead_object").val('test').focus().trigger('keyup')

Answer 2

As of typeahead.js 0.10.5, this works :

$('#typeahead_object').typeahead('val', 'some value').blur()

Answer 3

To change typeahead input value, use the following construction:

$(input).typeahead('val',value);

So, in your case it should looks like:

$("#typeahead_object").typeahead('val',"test");

typeahead API documentation is available on https://github.com/twitter/typeahead.js/blob/master/doc/jquery_typeahead.md#datasets