diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index b6f953f..ff378da 100644
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@
| groups | [Group] | collection of objects where each object must atleast have a groupId property|
| groupsAsColumns | Boolean | display option groups in columns|
| hideResetButton | Boolean | hides the reset button, even if the select element is not empty |
+| highlightedUid | object | the uid (unique id) of the currently highlighted option, uid of an option is obtained from the `uid` prop defined below |
| name | String | defaults to undefined, provide a name property to create an hidden input element for html form serialization |
| open | Boolean | controls the visibility of the dropdown menu |
| onBlur | Event -> Void | `({originalEvent :: e, value :: Item, open :: Boolean}){}` |
| onFocus | Event -> Void | `({originalEvent :: e, value :: Item, open :: Boolean}){}` |
+| onHighlightedUidChange | object -> Void | `(uid){}` invoked when the highlighted option changes |
| onKeyboardSelectionFailed | Int -> Void | `(keyCode){}` fired when the user hits the return key on an empty list of options |
| onOpenChange | Boolean -> Void | `(open){}` open is true if the dropdown opened and false if it closed|
+| onPaste | Event -> Void | invoked when the user pastes text in the input field and `props.valueFromPaste` is not specified|
| onSearchChange | String -> Void | `(search){}` invoked when the search text in the input field changes|
| onValueChange | Item -> Void | `(selectedValue){}` invoked when the user selects an option (by click on enter)|
| options | [Item] | list of items by default each option object MUST have label & value property, otherwise you must implement the render* & filterOptions methods|
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@
| transitionLeaveTimeout | Number | duration specified in milliseconds, it must match the transition duration specified under the CSS class `.slide-leave-active` |
| uid | (Eq e) => Item -> e | `(item){return item.value}` returns a unique id for a given option, defaults to the value property|
| value | Item | the selected value, i.e. one of the objects in the options array|
+| valueFromPaste | [Item] -> Item -> String -> Item | `(options, value, pastedText){}` invoked when the user pastes text in the input field, here you can convert the pasted text into an item that will then show up as selected |
### SimpleSelect methods
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c849f2..4e85ab7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
# React Selectize
+## v0.9.0 / 18th March 2016
+* added `on-paste` and `value-from-paste` props to `SimpleSelect`
+* added `highlighted-uid` and `on-highlighted-uid-change` props to track the current highlighted option
+* fixed a bug in `dropdown-direction` prop
+
## v0.8.4 / 4th March 2016
* added `tether-props` prop to customize the parent element (defaults to body)
* expose `highlighted-ui` & `on-highlighted-uid-change` props for `MultiSelect`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3cc68f..7eb9b8c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ styles & features inspired by [React Select](http://jedwatson.github.io/react-se
[![](http://i.imgsafe.co/rQmogzn.gif)](http://furqanZafar.github.io/react-selectize/)
-- [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) (last updated on 4th March 2016)
+- [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) (last updated on 18th March 2016)
- [API Reference](API.md)
# Motivation
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ to include the default styles add the following import statement to your stylus
`@import 'node_modules/react-selectize/themes/index.css'`
* **bower:**
-`bower install https://npmcdn.com/react-selectize@0.8.4/bower.zip`
+`bower install https://npmcdn.com/react-selectize@0.9.0/bower.zip`
* **1998 script tag:**
```html
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ to include the default styles add the following import statement to your stylus
-
+
-
+