From c4c1cbabdefe1124d95b2207323659cb416f94ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Brown <bass5098@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:35:13 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed placeholder detection.  Fixes #424.

---
 select2.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/select2.js b/select2.js
index af580364..8127c929 100644
--- a/select2.js
+++ b/select2.js
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@
         // single
         initSelection: function () {
             var selected;
-            if (this.opts.element.val() === "") {
+            if (this.opts.element.val() === "" && this.opts.element.text() === "") {
                 this.close();
                 this.setPlaceholder();
             } else {
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@
         // multi
         initSelection: function () {
             var data;
-            if (this.opts.element.val() === "") {
+            if (this.opts.element.val() === "" && this.opts.element.text() === "") {
                 this.updateSelection([]);
                 this.close();
                 // set the placeholder if necessary