Excludes non alphanumeric characters from minChars check

.project

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>jQuery-Autocomplete</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>

bower.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "devbridge-autocomplete",
-    "version": "1.4.11",
+    "version": "1.4.13",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/devbridge/jQuery-Autocomplete",
     "authors": [
         "Tomas Kirda"

devbridge-autocomplete.jquery.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         "ajax",
         "autocomplete"
     ],
-    "version": "1.4.11",
+    "version": "1.4.13",
     "author": {
         "name": "Tomas Kirda",
         "url": "https://github.com/tkirda"

dist/jquery.autocomplete.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
-*  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery, version 1.4.11
+*  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery, version 1.4.13
 *  (c) 2017 Tomas Kirda
 *
 *  Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 
             that.fixPosition();
 
-            if (that.el.val().trim().length >= that.options.minChars) {
+            if (that.el.val().replace(/[^A-Z0-9]/ig, '').length >= that.options.minChars) {
                 that.onValueChange();
             }
         },
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (query.trim().length < options.minChars) {
+            if (query.replace(/[^A-Z0-9]/ig, '').length < options.minChars) {
                 that.hide();
             } else {
                 that.getSuggestions(query);
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
             var that = this,
                 onHintCallback = that.options.onHint,
                 hintValue = '';
-            
+
             if (suggestion) {
                 hintValue = that.currentValue + suggestion.value.substr(that.currentValue.length);
             }
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
                 if ($.isFunction(onHintCallback)) {
                     onHintCallback.call(that.element, hintValue);
                 }
-            }  
+            }
         },
 
         verifySuggestionsFormat: function (suggestions) {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "devbridge-autocomplete",
-  "version": "1.4.11",
+  "version": "1.4.13",
   "description": "Autocomplete provides suggestions while you type into the text field.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/devbridge/jQuery-Autocomplete",
   "author": "Tomas Kirda (https://twitter.com/tkirda)",

src/jquery.autocomplete.js

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 
             that.fixPosition();
 
-            if (that.el.val().trim().length >= that.options.minChars) {
+            if (that.el.val().replace(/[^A-Z0-9]/ig, '').length >= that.options.minChars) {
                 that.onValueChange();
             }
         },
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (query.trim().length < options.minChars) {
+            if (query.replace(/[^A-Z0-9]/ig, '').length < options.minChars) {
                 that.hide();
             } else {
                 that.getSuggestions(query);
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
             var that = this,
                 onHintCallback = that.options.onHint,
                 hintValue = '';
-            
+
             if (suggestion) {
                 hintValue = that.currentValue + suggestion.value.substr(that.currentValue.length);
             }
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
                 if ($.isFunction(onHintCallback)) {
                     onHintCallback.call(that.element, hintValue);
                 }
-            }  
+            }
         },
 
         verifySuggestionsFormat: function (suggestions) {