From ab7ab5b3f7fb9985b11ad8af20738ac3466426b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Vaynberg <igor.vaynberg@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:09:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow clearing on backspace as well as delete. fixes #396

---
 select2.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/select2.js b/select2.js
index ceb09281..c9c97526 100644
--- a/select2.js
+++ b/select2.js
@@ -1543,10 +1543,11 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                if (e.which == KEY.DELETE) {
+                if (e.which == KEY.DELETE || e.which == KEY.BACKSPACE) {
                     if (this.opts.allowClear) {
                         this.clear();
                     }
+                    killEvent(e);
                     return;
                 }