Selectize plugin - Select or preserve onBlur

preserve_on_blur.js

/**
 * Plugin: "preserve_on_blur" (selectize.js)
 * Copyright (c) 2016 Eric M. Klingensmith
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this
 * file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
 * the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
 * ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
 * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 * @author Eric M. Klingensmith <eric.m.klingensmith@gmail.com>
 *
 * Based on methods used in restore_on_backspace plugin by Brian Reavis & contributors.
 */

Selectize.define('preserve_on_blur', function(options) {
    var self = this;

    options.text = options.text || function(option) {
            return option[this.settings.labelField];
        };

    this.onBlur = (function(e) {
        var original = self.onBlur;

        return function(e) {
            // Capture the current input value
            var $input = this.$control_input;
            var inputValue = $input.val();

            // Do the default actions
            original.apply(this, e);

            // Set the value back
            var searchResults = this.currentResults.items;

            // If there's only one search result, auto select it
            if (searchResults.length == 1) {
                if (!self.items[0] || self.items[0] != searchResults[0].id) {
                    this.addItem(searchResults[0].id, true);
                }
            } else {
                // If there's zero or multiple results, just keep the typed text
                this.setTextboxValue(inputValue);
            }
        };
    })();
} );

Hi, thanks for this plugin.Gists don't support pull requests. You might want to look at my fork. I added a trigger to the onChange() event so it behaves more like the regular select event.
Line 44 here:
https://gist.github.com/raumi75/06689de23d42d224651f7fcddf47eee2