diff --git a/devbridge-autocomplete.jquery.json b/devbridge-autocomplete.jquery.json
index 113d0ff7..688ea57e 100644
--- a/devbridge-autocomplete.jquery.json
+++ b/devbridge-autocomplete.jquery.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         "ajax",
         "autocomplete"
     ],
-    "version": "1.2.5",
+    "version": "1.2.6",
     "author": {
         "name": "Tomas Kirda",
         "url": "https://github.com/tkirda"
diff --git a/dist/jquery.autocomplete.js b/dist/jquery.autocomplete.js
index a5f3aeac..dea3ee3e 100644
--- a/dist/jquery.autocomplete.js
+++ b/dist/jquery.autocomplete.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
-*  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery, version 1.2.5
+*  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery, version 1.2.6
 *  (c) 2013 Tomas Kirda
 *
 *  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.
@@ -31,24 +31,6 @@
                     return $.extend(target, source);
                 },
 
-                addEvent: function (element, eventType, handler) {
-                    if (element.addEventListener) {
-                        element.addEventListener(eventType, handler, false);
-                    } else if (element.attachEvent) {
-                        element.attachEvent('on' + eventType, handler);
-                    } else {
-                        throw new Error('Browser doesn\'t support addEventListener or attachEvent');
-                    }
-                },
-
-                removeEvent: function (element, eventType, handler) {
-                    if (element.removeEventListener) {
-                        element.removeEventListener(eventType, handler, false);
-                    } else if (element.detachEvent) {
-                        element.detachEvent('on' + eventType, handler);
-                    }
-                },
-
                 createNode: function (html) {
                     var div = document.createElement('div');
                     div.innerHTML = html;
@@ -168,18 +150,18 @@
             container.appendTo(options.appendTo).width(options.width);
 
             // Listen for mouse over event on suggestions list:
-            container.on('mouseover', suggestionSelector, function () {
+            container.on('mouseover.autocomplete', suggestionSelector, function () {
                 that.activate($(this).data('index'));
             });
 
             // Deselect active element when mouse leaves suggestions container:
-            container.on('mouseout', function () {
+            container.on('mouseout.autocomplete', function () {
                 that.selectedIndex = -1;
                 container.children('.' + selected).removeClass(selected);
             });
 
             // Listen for click event on suggestions list:
-            container.on('click', suggestionSelector, function () {
+            container.on('click.autocomplete', suggestionSelector, function () {
                 that.select($(this).data('index'), false);
             });
 
@@ -187,14 +169,14 @@
 
             // Opera does not like keydown:
             if (window.opera) {
-                that.el.on('keypress', function (e) { that.onKeyPress(e); });
+                that.el.on('keypress.autocomplete', function (e) { that.onKeyPress(e); });
             } else {
-                that.el.on('keydown', function (e) { that.onKeyPress(e); });
+                that.el.on('keydown.autocomplete', function (e) { that.onKeyPress(e); });
             }
 
-            that.el.on('keyup', function (e) { that.onKeyUp(e); });
-            that.el.on('blur', function () { that.onBlur(); });
-            that.el.on('focus', function () { that.fixPosition(); });
+            that.el.on('keyup.autocomplete', function (e) { that.onKeyUp(e); });
+            that.el.on('blur.autocomplete', function () { that.onBlur(); });
+            that.el.on('focus.autocomplete', function () { that.fixPosition(); });
         },
 
         onBlur: function () {
@@ -226,6 +208,12 @@
             this.badQueries = [];
         },
 
+        clear: function () {
+            this.clearCache();
+            this.currentValue = null;
+            this.suggestions = [];
+        },
+
         disable: function () {
             this.disabled = true;
         },
@@ -253,12 +241,12 @@
 
         enableKillerFn: function () {
             var that = this;
-            $(document).on('click', that.killerFn);
+            $(document).on('click.autocomplete', that.killerFn);
         },
 
         disableKillerFn: function () {
             var that = this;
-            $(document).off('click', that.killerFn);
+            $(document).off('click.autocomplete', that.killerFn);
         },
 
         killSuggestions: function () {
@@ -611,25 +599,41 @@
             }
 
             return currentValue.substr(0, currentValue.length - parts[parts.length - 1].length) + value;
+        },
+
+        dispose: function () {
+            var that = this;
+            that.el.off('.autocomplete').removeData('autocomplete');
+            that.disableKillerFn();
+            $(that.suggestionsContainer).remove();
         }
     };
 
     // Create chainable jQuery plugin:
     $.fn.autocomplete = function (options, args) {
+        var dataKey = 'autocomplete';
+        // If function invoked without argument return
+        // instance of the first matched element:
+        if (arguments.length === 0) {
+            return this.first().data(dataKey);
+        }
+
         return this.each(function () {
-            var dataKey = 'autocomplete',
-                inputElement = $(this),
-                instance;
+            var inputElement = $(this),
+                instance = inputElement.data(dataKey);
 
             if (typeof options === 'string') {
-                instance = inputElement.data(dataKey);
-                if (typeof instance[options] === 'function') {
+                if (instance && typeof instance[options] === 'function') {
                     instance[options](args);
                 }
             } else {
+                // If instance already exists, destroy it:
+                if (instance && instance.dispose) {
+                    instance.dispose();
+                }
                 instance = new Autocomplete(this, options);
                 inputElement.data(dataKey, instance);
             }
         });
     };
-}));
\ No newline at end of file
+}));
diff --git a/dist/jquery.autocomplete.min.js b/dist/jquery.autocomplete.min.js
index 5233afd0..ae504003 100644
--- a/dist/jquery.autocomplete.min.js
+++ b/dist/jquery.autocomplete.min.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
-*  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery, version 1.2.5
+*  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery, version 1.2.6
 *  (c) 2013 Tomas Kirda
 *
 *  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@
 */
 (function(e){"function"===typeof define&&define.amd?define(["jquery"],e):e(jQuery)})(function(e){function f(a,b){var c=function(){},c={autoSelectFirst:!1,appendTo:"body",serviceUrl:null,lookup:null,onSelect:null,width:"auto",minChars:1,maxHeight:300,deferRequestBy:0,params:{},formatResult:f.formatResult,delimiter:null,zIndex:9999,type:"GET",noCache:!1,onSearchStart:c,onSearchComplete:c,containerClass:"autocomplete-suggestions",tabDisabled:!1,dataType:"text",lookupFilter:function(a,b,c){return-1!==
 a.value.toLowerCase().indexOf(c)},paramName:"query",transformResult:function(a){return"string"===typeof a?e.parseJSON(a):a}};this.element=a;this.el=e(a);this.suggestions=[];this.badQueries=[];this.selectedIndex=-1;this.currentValue=this.element.value;this.intervalId=0;this.cachedResponse=[];this.onChange=this.onChangeInterval=null;this.isLocal=this.ignoreValueChange=!1;this.suggestionsContainer=null;this.options=e.extend({},c,b);this.classes={selected:"autocomplete-selected",suggestion:"autocomplete-suggestion"};
-this.initialize();this.setOptions(b)}var h={extend:function(a,b){return e.extend(a,b)},addEvent:function(a,b,c){if(a.addEventListener)a.addEventListener(b,c,!1);else if(a.attachEvent)a.attachEvent("on"+b,c);else throw Error("Browser doesn't support addEventListener or attachEvent");},removeEvent:function(a,b,c){a.removeEventListener?a.removeEventListener(b,c,!1):a.detachEvent&&a.detachEvent("on"+b,c)},createNode:function(a){var b=document.createElement("div");b.innerHTML=a;return b.firstChild}};f.utils=
-h;e.Autocomplete=f;f.formatResult=function(a,b){var c="("+b.replace(RegExp("(\\/|\\.|\\*|\\+|\\?|\\||\\(|\\)|\\[|\\]|\\{|\\}|\\\\)","g"),"\\$1")+")";return a.value.replace(RegExp(c,"gi"),"<strong>$1</strong>")};f.prototype={killerFn:null,initialize:function(){var a=this,b="."+a.classes.suggestion,c=a.classes.selected,d=a.options,g;a.element.setAttribute("autocomplete","off");a.killerFn=function(b){0===e(b.target).closest("."+a.options.containerClass).length&&(a.killSuggestions(),a.disableKillerFn())};
-if(!d.width||"auto"===d.width)d.width=a.el.outerWidth();a.suggestionsContainer=f.utils.createNode('<div class="'+d.containerClass+'" style="position: absolute; display: none;"></div>');g=e(a.suggestionsContainer);g.appendTo(d.appendTo).width(d.width);g.on("mouseover",b,function(){a.activate(e(this).data("index"))});g.on("mouseout",function(){a.selectedIndex=-1;g.children("."+c).removeClass(c)});g.on("click",b,function(){a.select(e(this).data("index"),!1)});a.fixPosition();if(window.opera)a.el.on("keypress",
-function(b){a.onKeyPress(b)});else a.el.on("keydown",function(b){a.onKeyPress(b)});a.el.on("keyup",function(b){a.onKeyUp(b)});a.el.on("blur",function(){a.onBlur()});a.el.on("focus",function(){a.fixPosition()})},onBlur:function(){this.enableKillerFn()},setOptions:function(a){var b=this.options;h.extend(b,a);if(this.isLocal=e.isArray(b.lookup))b.lookup=this.verifySuggestionsFormat(b.lookup);e(this.suggestionsContainer).css({"max-height":b.maxHeight+"px",width:b.width+"px","z-index":b.zIndex})},clearCache:function(){this.cachedResponse=
-[];this.badQueries=[]},disable:function(){this.disabled=!0},enable:function(){this.disabled=!1},fixPosition:function(){var a;"body"===this.options.appendTo&&(a=this.el.offset(),e(this.suggestionsContainer).css({top:a.top+this.el.outerHeight()+"px",left:a.left+"px"}))},enableKillerFn:function(){e(document).on("click",this.killerFn)},disableKillerFn:function(){e(document).off("click",this.killerFn)},killSuggestions:function(){var a=this;a.stopKillSuggestions();a.intervalId=window.setInterval(function(){a.hide();
-a.stopKillSuggestions()},300)},stopKillSuggestions:function(){window.clearInterval(this.intervalId)},onKeyPress:function(a){if(!this.disabled&&!this.visible&&40===a.keyCode&&this.currentValue)this.suggest();else if(!this.disabled&&this.visible){switch(a.keyCode){case 27:this.el.val(this.currentValue);this.hide();break;case 9:case 13:if(-1===this.selectedIndex){this.hide();return}this.select(this.selectedIndex,13===a.keyCode);if(9===a.keyCode&&!1===this.options.tabDisabled)return;break;case 38:this.moveUp();
-break;case 40:this.moveDown();break;default:return}a.stopImmediatePropagation();a.preventDefault()}},onKeyUp:function(a){var b=this;if(!b.disabled){switch(a.keyCode){case 38:case 40:return}clearInterval(b.onChangeInterval);if(b.currentValue!==b.el.val())if(0<b.options.deferRequestBy)b.onChangeInterval=setInterval(function(){b.onValueChange()},b.options.deferRequestBy);else b.onValueChange()}},onValueChange:function(){var a;clearInterval(this.onChangeInterval);this.currentValue=this.element.value;
-a=this.getQuery(this.currentValue);this.selectedIndex=-1;this.ignoreValueChange?this.ignoreValueChange=!1:a.length<this.options.minChars?this.hide():this.getSuggestions(a)},getQuery:function(a){var b=this.options.delimiter;if(!b)return e.trim(a);a=a.split(b);return e.trim(a[a.length-1])},getSuggestionsLocal:function(a){var b=a.toLowerCase(),c=this.options.lookupFilter;return{suggestions:e.grep(this.options.lookup,function(d){return c(d,a,b)})}},getSuggestions:function(a){var b,c=this,d=c.options;
-(b=c.isLocal?c.getSuggestionsLocal(a):c.cachedResponse[a])&&e.isArray(b.suggestions)?(c.suggestions=b.suggestions,c.suggest()):c.isBadQuery(a)||(d.params[d.paramName]=a,d.onSearchStart.call(c.element,d.params),e.ajax({url:d.serviceUrl,data:d.params,type:d.type,dataType:d.dataType}).done(function(b){c.processResponse(b,a);d.onSearchComplete.call(c.element,a)}))},isBadQuery:function(a){for(var b=this.badQueries,c=b.length;c--;)if(0===a.indexOf(b[c]))return!0;return!1},hide:function(){this.visible=!1;
-this.selectedIndex=-1;e(this.suggestionsContainer).hide()},suggest:function(){if(0===this.suggestions.length)this.hide();else{var a=this.options.formatResult,b=this.getQuery(this.currentValue),c=this.classes.suggestion,d=this.classes.selected,g=e(this.suggestionsContainer),f="";e.each(this.suggestions,function(d,e){f+='<div class="'+c+'" data-index="'+d+'">'+a(e,b)+"</div>"});g.html(f).show();this.visible=!0;this.options.autoSelectFirst&&(this.selectedIndex=0,g.children().first().addClass(d))}},verifySuggestionsFormat:function(a){return a.length&&
-"string"===typeof a[0]?e.map(a,function(a){return{value:a,data:null}}):a},processResponse:function(a,b){var c=this.options,d=c.transformResult(a,b);d.suggestions=this.verifySuggestionsFormat(d.suggestions);c.noCache||(this.cachedResponse[d[c.paramName]]=d,0===d.suggestions.length&&this.badQueries.push(d[c.paramName]));b===this.getQuery(this.currentValue)&&(this.suggestions=d.suggestions,this.suggest())},activate:function(a){var b=this.classes.selected,c=e(this.suggestionsContainer),d=c.children();
-c.children("."+b).removeClass(b);this.selectedIndex=a;return-1!==this.selectedIndex&&d.length>this.selectedIndex?(a=d.get(this.selectedIndex),e(a).addClass(b),a):null},select:function(a,b){var c=this.suggestions[a];c&&(this.el.val(c),this.ignoreValueChange=b,this.hide(),this.onSelect(a))},moveUp:function(){-1!==this.selectedIndex&&(0===this.selectedIndex?(e(this.suggestionsContainer).children().first().removeClass(this.classes.selected),this.selectedIndex=-1,this.el.val(this.currentValue)):this.adjustScroll(this.selectedIndex-
-1))},moveDown:function(){this.selectedIndex!==this.suggestions.length-1&&this.adjustScroll(this.selectedIndex+1)},adjustScroll:function(a){var b=this.activate(a),c,d;b&&(b=b.offsetTop,c=e(this.suggestionsContainer).scrollTop(),d=c+this.options.maxHeight-25,b<c?e(this.suggestionsContainer).scrollTop(b):b>d&&e(this.suggestionsContainer).scrollTop(b-this.options.maxHeight+25),this.el.val(this.getValue(this.suggestions[a].value)))},onSelect:function(a){var b=this.options.onSelect;a=this.suggestions[a];
-this.el.val(this.getValue(a.value));e.isFunction(b)&&b.call(this.element,a)},getValue:function(a){var b=this.options.delimiter,c;if(!b)return a;c=this.currentValue;b=c.split(b);return 1===b.length?a:c.substr(0,c.length-b[b.length-1].length)+a}};e.fn.autocomplete=function(a,b){return this.each(function(){var c=e(this),d;if("string"===typeof a){if(d=c.data("autocomplete"),"function"===typeof d[a])d[a](b)}else d=new f(this,a),c.data("autocomplete",d)})}});
\ No newline at end of file
+this.initialize();this.setOptions(b)}var h={extend:function(a,b){return e.extend(a,b)},createNode:function(a){var b=document.createElement("div");b.innerHTML=a;return b.firstChild}};f.utils=h;e.Autocomplete=f;f.formatResult=function(a,b){var c="("+b.replace(RegExp("(\\/|\\.|\\*|\\+|\\?|\\||\\(|\\)|\\[|\\]|\\{|\\}|\\\\)","g"),"\\$1")+")";return a.value.replace(RegExp(c,"gi"),"<strong>$1</strong>")};f.prototype={killerFn:null,initialize:function(){var a=this,b="."+a.classes.suggestion,c=a.classes.selected,
+d=a.options,g;a.element.setAttribute("autocomplete","off");a.killerFn=function(b){0===e(b.target).closest("."+a.options.containerClass).length&&(a.killSuggestions(),a.disableKillerFn())};if(!d.width||"auto"===d.width)d.width=a.el.outerWidth();a.suggestionsContainer=f.utils.createNode('<div class="'+d.containerClass+'" style="position: absolute; display: none;"></div>');g=e(a.suggestionsContainer);g.appendTo(d.appendTo).width(d.width);g.on("mouseover.autocomplete",b,function(){a.activate(e(this).data("index"))});
+g.on("mouseout.autocomplete",function(){a.selectedIndex=-1;g.children("."+c).removeClass(c)});g.on("click.autocomplete",b,function(){a.select(e(this).data("index"),!1)});a.fixPosition();if(window.opera)a.el.on("keypress.autocomplete",function(b){a.onKeyPress(b)});else a.el.on("keydown.autocomplete",function(b){a.onKeyPress(b)});a.el.on("keyup.autocomplete",function(b){a.onKeyUp(b)});a.el.on("blur.autocomplete",function(){a.onBlur()});a.el.on("focus.autocomplete",function(){a.fixPosition()})},onBlur:function(){this.enableKillerFn()},
+setOptions:function(a){var b=this.options;h.extend(b,a);if(this.isLocal=e.isArray(b.lookup))b.lookup=this.verifySuggestionsFormat(b.lookup);e(this.suggestionsContainer).css({"max-height":b.maxHeight+"px",width:b.width+"px","z-index":b.zIndex})},clearCache:function(){this.cachedResponse=[];this.badQueries=[]},clear:function(){this.clearCache();this.currentValue=null;this.suggestions=[]},disable:function(){this.disabled=!0},enable:function(){this.disabled=!1},fixPosition:function(){var a;"body"===this.options.appendTo&&
+(a=this.el.offset(),e(this.suggestionsContainer).css({top:a.top+this.el.outerHeight()+"px",left:a.left+"px"}))},enableKillerFn:function(){e(document).on("click.autocomplete",this.killerFn)},disableKillerFn:function(){e(document).off("click.autocomplete",this.killerFn)},killSuggestions:function(){var a=this;a.stopKillSuggestions();a.intervalId=window.setInterval(function(){a.hide();a.stopKillSuggestions()},300)},stopKillSuggestions:function(){window.clearInterval(this.intervalId)},onKeyPress:function(a){if(!this.disabled&&
+!this.visible&&40===a.keyCode&&this.currentValue)this.suggest();else if(!this.disabled&&this.visible){switch(a.keyCode){case 27:this.el.val(this.currentValue);this.hide();break;case 9:case 13:if(-1===this.selectedIndex){this.hide();return}this.select(this.selectedIndex,13===a.keyCode);if(9===a.keyCode&&!1===this.options.tabDisabled)return;break;case 38:this.moveUp();break;case 40:this.moveDown();break;default:return}a.stopImmediatePropagation();a.preventDefault()}},onKeyUp:function(a){var b=this;
+if(!b.disabled){switch(a.keyCode){case 38:case 40:return}clearInterval(b.onChangeInterval);if(b.currentValue!==b.el.val())if(0<b.options.deferRequestBy)b.onChangeInterval=setInterval(function(){b.onValueChange()},b.options.deferRequestBy);else b.onValueChange()}},onValueChange:function(){var a;clearInterval(this.onChangeInterval);this.currentValue=this.element.value;a=this.getQuery(this.currentValue);this.selectedIndex=-1;this.ignoreValueChange?this.ignoreValueChange=!1:a.length<this.options.minChars?
+this.hide():this.getSuggestions(a)},getQuery:function(a){var b=this.options.delimiter;if(!b)return e.trim(a);a=a.split(b);return e.trim(a[a.length-1])},getSuggestionsLocal:function(a){var b=a.toLowerCase(),c=this.options.lookupFilter;return{suggestions:e.grep(this.options.lookup,function(d){return c(d,a,b)})}},getSuggestions:function(a){var b,c=this,d=c.options;(b=c.isLocal?c.getSuggestionsLocal(a):c.cachedResponse[a])&&e.isArray(b.suggestions)?(c.suggestions=b.suggestions,c.suggest()):c.isBadQuery(a)||
+(d.params[d.paramName]=a,d.onSearchStart.call(c.element,d.params),e.ajax({url:d.serviceUrl,data:d.params,type:d.type,dataType:d.dataType}).done(function(b){c.processResponse(b,a);d.onSearchComplete.call(c.element,a)}))},isBadQuery:function(a){for(var b=this.badQueries,c=b.length;c--;)if(0===a.indexOf(b[c]))return!0;return!1},hide:function(){this.visible=!1;this.selectedIndex=-1;e(this.suggestionsContainer).hide()},suggest:function(){if(0===this.suggestions.length)this.hide();else{var a=this.options.formatResult,
+b=this.getQuery(this.currentValue),c=this.classes.suggestion,d=this.classes.selected,g=e(this.suggestionsContainer),f="";e.each(this.suggestions,function(d,e){f+='<div class="'+c+'" data-index="'+d+'">'+a(e,b)+"</div>"});g.html(f).show();this.visible=!0;this.options.autoSelectFirst&&(this.selectedIndex=0,g.children().first().addClass(d))}},verifySuggestionsFormat:function(a){return a.length&&"string"===typeof a[0]?e.map(a,function(a){return{value:a,data:null}}):a},processResponse:function(a,b){var c=
+this.options,d=c.transformResult(a,b);d.suggestions=this.verifySuggestionsFormat(d.suggestions);c.noCache||(this.cachedResponse[d[c.paramName]]=d,0===d.suggestions.length&&this.badQueries.push(d[c.paramName]));b===this.getQuery(this.currentValue)&&(this.suggestions=d.suggestions,this.suggest())},activate:function(a){var b=this.classes.selected,c=e(this.suggestionsContainer),d=c.children();c.children("."+b).removeClass(b);this.selectedIndex=a;return-1!==this.selectedIndex&&d.length>this.selectedIndex?
+(a=d.get(this.selectedIndex),e(a).addClass(b),a):null},select:function(a,b){var c=this.suggestions[a];c&&(this.el.val(c),this.ignoreValueChange=b,this.hide(),this.onSelect(a))},moveUp:function(){-1!==this.selectedIndex&&(0===this.selectedIndex?(e(this.suggestionsContainer).children().first().removeClass(this.classes.selected),this.selectedIndex=-1,this.el.val(this.currentValue)):this.adjustScroll(this.selectedIndex-1))},moveDown:function(){this.selectedIndex!==this.suggestions.length-1&&this.adjustScroll(this.selectedIndex+
+1)},adjustScroll:function(a){var b=this.activate(a),c,d;b&&(b=b.offsetTop,c=e(this.suggestionsContainer).scrollTop(),d=c+this.options.maxHeight-25,b<c?e(this.suggestionsContainer).scrollTop(b):b>d&&e(this.suggestionsContainer).scrollTop(b-this.options.maxHeight+25),this.el.val(this.getValue(this.suggestions[a].value)))},onSelect:function(a){var b=this.options.onSelect;a=this.suggestions[a];this.el.val(this.getValue(a.value));e.isFunction(b)&&b.call(this.element,a)},getValue:function(a){var b=this.options.delimiter,
+c;if(!b)return a;c=this.currentValue;b=c.split(b);return 1===b.length?a:c.substr(0,c.length-b[b.length-1].length)+a},dispose:function(){this.el.off(".autocomplete").removeData("autocomplete");this.disableKillerFn();e(this.suggestionsContainer).remove()}};e.fn.autocomplete=function(a,b){return 0===arguments.length?this.first().data("autocomplete"):this.each(function(){var c=e(this),d=c.data("autocomplete");if("string"===typeof a){if(d&&"function"===typeof d[a])d[a](b)}else d&&d.dispose&&d.dispose(),
+d=new f(this,a),c.data("autocomplete",d)})}});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/jquery.autocomplete.js b/src/jquery.autocomplete.js
index 527ad9b9..dea3ee3e 100644
--- a/src/jquery.autocomplete.js
+++ b/src/jquery.autocomplete.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
-*  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery, version 1.2.5
+*  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery, version 1.2.6
 *  (c) 2013 Tomas Kirda
 *
 *  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.