placesAutocomplete.setVal('text') does not work?

[frenchbread]

When programmatically trying to pre-fill "placesAutocomplete" input field using placesAutocomplete.setVal('text') nothing happens.

placesAutocomplete.getVal() does not seem to work in some cases as well.

This all is used within meteor application (if it makes sense).

[vvo]

About getVal(), see algolia/autocomplete#91

[vvo]

@frenchbread Just fixed setVal(), you also need to .open() to actually show the menu and do the request.

Still, getVal() is buggy for now, we will fix it ASAP

[VMF214]

have you also an idea to trigger a change event?
for example , i use setVal() to put an init value, and i'd like to trigger the change event to do my logical stuff ...

[vvo]

@VMF214 Could you open a new issue instead an explain your problem here? Thanks