From f39adfaf7706afcc9670b34096c9394a7bd10bfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Ehlke <alex.ehlke@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:11:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add removeTagByName

---
 README.markdown  | 5 +++++
 examples.html    | 1 +
 js/tag-it.js     | 8 ++++++++
 js/tag-it.min.js | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index b4bd081f..0c5ebad3 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ Adds new tag to the list. The `additionalClass` parameter is an optional way to
 
     $("#mytags").tagit("createTag", "brand-new-tag");
 
+### removeTagByName(tagName, animate)
+Finds the tag with the value `tagName` and removes it. If no such tag is found, it'll throw an exception.
+
+    $("#mytags").tagit("removeTagByName", "my-tag");
+
 ### removeAll()
 Clears the widget of all tags -- removes each tag it contains, so the onTagRemoved event callback (if set in the options) will be called for each.
 
diff --git a/examples.html b/examples.html
index d8ad8096..b72bac9a 100644
--- a/examples.html
+++ b/examples.html
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ <h3>Methods</h3>
 			<p>Demos the available widget methods. Click the links below the widget to try them.</p>
 			<ul id="methodTags"></ul>
             <p><a href="#" onclick="var inp=prompt('Enter a tag value to test the createTag method.');$('#methodTags').tagit('createTag', inp);return false;">Create tag</a></p>
+            <p><a href="#" onclick="var inp=prompt('Enter a tag value to test the removeTagByName method.');$('#methodTags').tagit('removeTagByName', inp);return false;">Remove tag by name</a></p>
             <p><a href="#" onclick="$('#methodTags').tagit('removeAll');return false;">Clear tags</a></p>
 			<input type="submit" value="Submit">
 	    </form>
diff --git a/js/tag-it.js b/js/tag-it.js
index 2017bbc1..bcdd162c 100644
--- a/js/tag-it.js
+++ b/js/tag-it.js
@@ -391,6 +391,14 @@
             }
         },
 
+        removeTagByName: function(tagName, animate) {
+            var toRemove = this._tags().find("input[value='" + tagName + "']").closest('.tagit-choice');
+            if (toRemove.length === 0) {
+                throw "No such tag exists with the name '" + tagName + "'";
+            }
+            this.removeTag(toRemove, animate);
+        },
+
         removeAll: function() {
             // Removes all tags.
             var that = this;
diff --git a/js/tag-it.min.js b/js/tag-it.min.js
index 9696f26e..967b49c9 100644
--- a/js/tag-it.min.js
+++ b/js/tag-it.min.js
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ a.removeTag(a._lastTag(),!1);a.createTag(c.item.value);return!1}})},_cleanedInpu
 return c},_updateSingleTagsField:function(a){b(this.options.singleFieldNode).val(a.join(this.options.singleFieldDelimiter))},_subtractArray:function(a,c){for(var d=[],e=0;e<a.length;e++)-1==b.inArray(a[e],c)&&d.push(a[e]);return d},tagLabel:function(a){return this.options.singleField?b(a).children(".tagit-label").text():b(a).children("input").val()},_isNew:function(a){var b=this,d=!0;this._tags().each(function(){if(b._formatStr(a)==b._formatStr(b.tagLabel(this)))return d=!1});return d},_formatStr:function(a){return this.options.caseSensitive?
 a:b.trim(a.toLowerCase())},createTag:function(a,c){var d=this,a=b.trim(a);if(!this._isNew(a)||""===a)return!1;var e=b(this.options.onTagClicked?'<a class="tagit-label"></a>':'<span class="tagit-label"></span>').text(a),f=b("<li></li>").addClass("tagit-choice ui-widget-content ui-state-default ui-corner-all").addClass(c).append(e),g=b("<span></span>").addClass("ui-icon ui-icon-close"),g=b('<a><span class="text-icon">\u00d7</span></a>').addClass("tagit-close").append(g).click(function(){d.removeTag(f)});
 f.append(g);this.options.singleField?(e=this.assignedTags(),e.push(a),this._updateSingleTagsField(e)):(e=e.html(),f.append('<input type="hidden" style="display:none;" value="'+e+'" name="'+this.options.itemName+"["+this.options.fieldName+'][]" />'));this._trigger("onTagAdded",null,f);this._tagInput.val("");this._tagInput.parent().before(f)},removeTag:function(a,c){c="undefined"===typeof c?this.options.animate:c;a=b(a);this._trigger("onTagRemoved",null,a);if(this.options.singleField){var d=this.assignedTags(),
-e=this.tagLabel(a),d=b.grep(d,function(a){return a!=e});this._updateSingleTagsField(d)}c?(d=b.effects&&b.effects.blind?["blind",{direction:"horizontal"},"fast"]:["fast"],d.push(function(){a.remove()}),a.fadeOut("fast").hide.apply(a,d).dequeue()):a.remove()},removeAll:function(){var a=this;this._tags().each(function(b,d){a.removeTag(d,!1)})}})})(jQuery);
+e=this.tagLabel(a),d=b.grep(d,function(a){return a!=e});this._updateSingleTagsField(d)}c?(d=b.effects&&b.effects.blind?["blind",{direction:"horizontal"},"fast"]:["fast"],d.push(function(){a.remove()}),a.fadeOut("fast").hide.apply(a,d).dequeue()):a.remove()},removeTagByName:function(a,b){var d=this._tags().find("input[value='"+a+"']").closest(".tagit-choice");if(0===d.length)throw"No such tag exists with the name '"+a+"'";this.removeTag(d,b)},removeAll:function(){var a=this;this._tags().each(function(b,
+d){a.removeTag(d,!1)})}})})(jQuery);