Autocomplete: changed the search function to always store the last te…

…rm that was entered by the user. Fixed #5922 - autocomplete: Search not triggered if the first letter is the same as the first letter of a previous erased content

ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js

@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 
 	search: function( value, event ) {
 		value = value != null ? value : this.element.val();
+
+		// always save the actual value, not the one passed as an argument
+		this.term = this.element.val();
+
 		if ( value.length < this.options.minLength ) {
 			return this.close( event );
 		}
@@ -242,10 +246,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 	},
 
 	_search: function( value ) {
-		this.term = this.element
-			.addClass( "ui-autocomplete-loading" )
-			// always save the actual value, not the one passed as an argument
-			.val();
+		this.element.addClass( "ui-autocomplete-loading" );
 
 		this.source( { term: value }, this.response );
 	},