From 69a1976c5ca238ff0430f56a395187ef4475cc37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Volker Thiel <riker09@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:48:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Provided updated method

With this pull request the plugin receives an update method that allows updating the combobox element with jQuery, see #75.

```
var val = 'my_value';
jQuery('#my_element').combobox('update', val);
```

There is still some room for improvement, for instance when the value of the select element has changed one could call the update method without any parameter and the text input changes to whatever is currently selected.
---
 js/bootstrap-combobox.js | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/bootstrap-combobox.js b/js/bootstrap-combobox.js
index edd7f1b..0d4621d 100755
--- a/js/bootstrap-combobox.js
+++ b/js/bootstrap-combobox.js
@@ -214,18 +214,40 @@
   , mouseleave: function (e) {
       this.mousedover = false
     }
+
+  , update: function(v) {
+      var that = this;
+
+      this.clearTarget();
+      this.clearElement();
+
+      $.each(this.map, function(val, key) {
+        if (key == v) {
+
+          that.$element.val(val).trigger('change')
+          that.$source.val(key).trigger('change')
+          that.$target.val(key).trigger('change')
+          that.$container.addClass('combobox-selected')
+          that.selected = true
+          that.hide()
+
+          return false;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
   })
 
   /* COMBOBOX PLUGIN DEFINITION
    * =========================== */
 
-  $.fn.combobox = function ( option ) {
+  $.fn.combobox = function ( option, param ) {
     return this.each(function () {
       var $this = $(this)
         , data = $this.data('combobox')
         , options = typeof option == 'object' && option
       if(!data) $this.data('combobox', (data = new Combobox(this, options)))
-      if (typeof option == 'string') data[option]()
+      if (typeof option == 'string') data[option](param)
     })
   }