From 85846922934226d2d62646df06d96f644e332378 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Messerle <rmesserle@google.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 09:04:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(autocomplete): addresses issue where dropdown shows if
 there is an initial value

Closes #2517
---
 src/components/autocomplete/js/autocompleteController.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/autocomplete/js/autocompleteController.js b/src/components/autocomplete/js/autocompleteController.js
index 00eef09e055..36f5bde1f60 100644
--- a/src/components/autocomplete/js/autocompleteController.js
+++ b/src/components/autocomplete/js/autocompleteController.js
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ function MdAutocompleteCtrl ($scope, $element, $mdUtil, $mdConstant, $timeout, $
 
   function handleSearchText (searchText, previousSearchText) {
     self.index = getDefaultIndex();
-    //-- do nothing on init if there is no initial value
-    if (!searchText && searchText === previousSearchText) return;
+    //-- do nothing on init
+    if (searchText === previousSearchText) return;
     //-- clear selected item if search text no longer matches it
     if (searchText !== getDisplayValue($scope.selectedItem)) $scope.selectedItem = null;
     else return;