From 379578171982a28c26c25eb190b9a36801862cc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AFS <drsdre@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 13:30:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Remote emptyMsg

Set emptyMsg from remote to allow for custom error/info message.
---
 js/dependent-dropdown.js | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/dependent-dropdown.js b/js/dependent-dropdown.js
index e1624ce..a544c9f 100644
--- a/js/dependent-dropdown.js
+++ b/js/dependent-dropdown.js
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
                 },
                 success: function (data) {
                     selected = isEmpty(data.selected) ? (self.initVal === false ? null : self.initVal): data.selected;
+                    if (!isEmpty(data.emptyMsg)) {
+                        vNullMsg = data.emptyMsg;
+                    }
                     if (isEmpty(data)) {
                         addOption($el, '', vNullMsg, '');
                     }
@@ -220,4 +223,4 @@
     $(function () {
         $('select.depdrop').depdrop();
     });
-}(window.jQuery));
\ No newline at end of file
+}(window.jQuery));

From 722438e9fc0d920de2d620d885e19ddcd89bf96a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andre Schuurman <andre.schuurman@revenueengineers.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:37:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] If no data, data.output or no records in data.output show
 vNullMsg. Fix to show vNullMsg in Select2 widgets by setting value for
 message to 0. Remove obsolete condition when data is available.

---
 js/dependent-dropdown.js | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/dependent-dropdown.js b/js/dependent-dropdown.js
index a544c9f..d84503b 100644
--- a/js/dependent-dropdown.js
+++ b/js/dependent-dropdown.js
@@ -123,20 +123,19 @@
                     if (!isEmpty(data.emptyMsg)) {
                         vNullMsg = data.emptyMsg;
                     }
-                    if (isEmpty(data)) {
-                        addOption($el, '', vNullMsg, '');
+                    if (isEmpty(data) || isEmpty(data.output) || Object.keys(data.output).length == 0) {
+                        $el.html('');
+                        addOption($el, 0, vNullMsg, '');
                     }
                     else {
                         $el.html(self.getSelect(data.output, vDefault, selected));
                         if ($el.find('optgroup').length > 0) {
                             $el.find('option[value=""]').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
                         }
-                        if (data.output) {
-                            if (selected && $.isArray(selected) && $el.attr('multiple')) {
-                                $el.val(selected);
-                            }
-                            $el.removeAttr('disabled');
+                        if (selected && $.isArray(selected) && $el.attr('multiple')) {
+                            $el.val(selected);
                         }
+                        $el.removeAttr('disabled');
                     }
                     optCount = $el.find('option').length;
                     if ($el.find('option[value=""]').length > 0) {

From 7499796c016fd7e0af94c2b82fcf10e2e3c1cf65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AFS <drsdre@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:49:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Custom emptyMsg

Instructions added on how to use custom emptyMsg
---
 README.md | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a32bd8..e6349e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ View the [plugin documentation](http://plugins.krajee.com/dependent-dropdown) an
   ```
   {group-name: {id: <option-value>, name: <option-name>}}
   ```
+  
+  When no data is available for a specific situation (like error), you can send a custom emptyMsg
+
+  ```
+   {emptyMsg: '<your message>'}
+  ```
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -350,4 +356,4 @@ $('#input-id').depdrop('init');
 
 ## License
 
-**dependent-dropdown** is released under the BSD 3-Clause License. See the bundled `LICENSE.md` for details.
\ No newline at end of file
+**dependent-dropdown** is released under the BSD 3-Clause License. See the bundled `LICENSE.md` for details.

From 59a55120a978746f04af685629e5a01e88b86e80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AFS <drsdre@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:51:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] text update

Make more clear what emptyMsg can be used for.
---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6349e9..4c398a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ View the [plugin documentation](http://plugins.krajee.com/dependent-dropdown) an
   {group-name: {id: <option-value>, name: <option-name>}}
   ```
   
-  When no data is available for a specific situation (like error), you can send a custom emptyMsg
+  When no data is available for a specific situation (like an backend error), you can send a custom emptyMsg
 
   ```
    {emptyMsg: '<your message>'}