Defer on triggering typeahead:initialized

src/dataset.js

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ var Dataset = (function() {
       // terms start with the same letter
       utils.each(terms, function(i, term) {
         var firstChar = term.charAt(0);
-        !~firstChars.indexOf(firstChar) && firstChars.push(firstChar);
+        !~utils.indexOf(firstChars, firstChar) && firstChars.push(firstChar);
       });
 
       utils.each(firstChars, function(i, firstChar) {

src/input_view.js

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var InputView = (function() {
 
         // give the browser a chance to update the value of the input
         // before checking to see if the query changed
-        setTimeout(that._compareQueryToInputValue, 0);
+        utils.defer(that._compareQueryToInputValue);
       });
     }
 

src/typeahead.js

@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@
         }));
 
         $.when.apply($, deferreds)
-        .always(function() { eventBus.trigger('initialized'); });
+        .always(function() {
+          // deferring to make it possible to attach a listener
+          // for typeahead:initialized after calling jQuery#typeahead
+          utils.defer(function() { eventBus.trigger('initialized'); });
+        });
       }
     },
 

src/typeahead_view.js

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ var TypeaheadView = (function() {
 
         // focus is not a synchronous event in ie, so we deal with it
         byClick && utils.isMsie() ?
-          setTimeout(this.dropdownView.close, 0) : this.dropdownView.close();
+          utils.defer(this.dropdownView.close) : this.dropdownView.close();
 
         this.eventBus.trigger('selected', suggestion);
       }

src/utils.js

@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ var utils = {
     return function() { return counter++; };
   })(),
 
+  defer: function(fn) { setTimeout(fn, 0); },
+
   debounce: function(func, wait, immediate) {
     var timeout, result;
 

test/playground.html

@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@
     </div>
 
     <script>
-      $('input').on([
-        'typeahead:initialized',
-        'typeahead:selected',
-        'typeahead:opened',
-        'typeahead:closed'
-      ].join(' '), logToTextarea);
-
       $('.states').typeahead({
         local: [
           "Alabama",
@@ -161,6 +154,13 @@
         }
       ]);
 
+      $('input').on([
+        'typeahead:initialized',
+        'typeahead:selected',
+        'typeahead:opened',
+        'typeahead:closed'
+      ].join(' '), logToTextarea);
+
       function logToTextarea($e) {
         var $textarea = $('.triggered-events'),
             val = $textarea.val(),