diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f77ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.DS_Store
+bower_components/
+
diff --git a/demo.html b/demo.html
index 9093cfc..db9c49b 100644
--- a/demo.html
+++ b/demo.html
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ <h3>Settings</h3>
 </pre>
                 </td>
             </tr>
+            <tr><td>autoFocus</td><td><i>false</i></td><td>Determines if the first suggestion is selected selected and highlighted.</td>
 
             <tr><td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td></tr>
             <tr><th>Callbacks</th><th colspan="2"></th></tr>
diff --git a/jquery.auto-complete.js b/jquery.auto-complete.js
index c7e7072..6a6c8e5 100644
--- a/jquery.auto-complete.js
+++ b/jquery.auto-complete.js
@@ -96,7 +96,13 @@
                 that.cache[val] = data;
                 if (data.length && val.length >= o.minChars) {
                     var s = '';
-                    for (var i=0;i<data.length;i++) s += o.renderItem(data[i], val);
+                    for (var i=0;i<data.length;i++) {
+                        var t = o.renderItem(data[i], val);
+                        if(i === 0 && o.autoFocus === true) {
+                            t = $(t).addClass('selected')[0].outerHTML;
+                        }
+                        s += t;
+                    }
                     that.sc.html(s);
                     that.updateSC(0);
                 }
@@ -124,6 +130,9 @@
                 // enter or tab
                 else if (e.which == 13 || e.which == 9) {
                     var sel = $('.autocomplete-suggestion.selected', that.sc);
+                    if(o.autoFocus === true) {
+                        that.val(sel.data('val'));
+                    }
                     if (sel.length && that.sc.is(':visible')) { o.onSelect(e, sel.data('val'), sel); setTimeout(function(){ that.sc.hide(); }, 20); }
                 }
             });
diff --git a/jquery.auto-complete.min.js b/jquery.auto-complete.min.js
index 6fdb3bc..3f32c0c 100644
--- a/jquery.auto-complete.min.js
+++ b/jquery.auto-complete.min.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 // jQuery autoComplete v1.0.7
 // https://github.com/Pixabay/jQuery-autoComplete
-!function(e){e.fn.autoComplete=function(t){var o=e.extend({},e.fn.autoComplete.defaults,t);return"string"==typeof t?(this.each(function(){var o=e(this);"destroy"==t&&(e(window).off("resize.autocomplete",o.updateSC),o.off("blur.autocomplete focus.autocomplete keydown.autocomplete keyup.autocomplete"),o.data("autocomplete")?o.attr("autocomplete",o.data("autocomplete")):o.removeAttr("autocomplete"),e(o.data("sc")).remove(),o.removeData("sc").removeData("autocomplete"))}),this):this.each(function(){function t(e){var t=s.val();if(s.cache[t]=e,e.length&&t.length>=o.minChars){for(var a="",c=0;c<e.length;c++)a+=o.renderItem(e[c],t);s.sc.html(a),s.updateSC(0)}else s.sc.hide()}var s=e(this);s.sc=e('<div class="autocomplete-suggestions '+o.menuClass+'"></div>'),s.data("sc",s.sc).data("autocomplete",s.attr("autocomplete")),s.attr("autocomplete","off"),s.cache={},s.last_val="",s.updateSC=function(t,o){if(s.sc.css({top:s.offset().top+s.outerHeight(),left:s.offset().left,width:s.outerWidth()}),!t&&(s.sc.show(),s.sc.maxHeight||(s.sc.maxHeight=parseInt(s.sc.css("max-height"))),s.sc.suggestionHeight||(s.sc.suggestionHeight=e(".autocomplete-suggestion",s.sc).first().outerHeight()),s.sc.suggestionHeight))if(o){var a=s.sc.scrollTop(),c=o.offset().top-s.sc.offset().top;c+s.sc.suggestionHeight-s.sc.maxHeight>0?s.sc.scrollTop(c+s.sc.suggestionHeight+a-s.sc.maxHeight):0>c&&s.sc.scrollTop(c+a)}else s.sc.scrollTop(0)},e(window).on("resize.autocomplete",s.updateSC),s.sc.appendTo("body"),s.sc.on("mouseleave",".autocomplete-suggestion",function(){e(".autocomplete-suggestion.selected").removeClass("selected")}),s.sc.on("mouseenter",".autocomplete-suggestion",function(){e(".autocomplete-suggestion.selected").removeClass("selected"),e(this).addClass("selected")}),s.sc.on("mousedown",".autocomplete-suggestion",function(t){var a=e(this),c=a.data("val");return(c||a.hasClass("autocomplete-suggestion"))&&(s.val(c),o.onSelect(t,c,a),s.sc.hide()),!1}),s.on("blur.autocomplete",function(){try{over_sb=e(".autocomplete-suggestions:hover").length}catch(t){over_sb=0}over_sb?s.is(":focus")||setTimeout(function(){s.focus()},20):(s.last_val=s.val(),s.sc.hide(),setTimeout(function(){s.sc.hide()},350))}),o.minChars||s.on("focus.autocomplete",function(){s.last_val="\n",s.trigger("keyup.autocomplete")}),s.on("keydown.autocomplete",function(t){if((40==t.which||38==t.which)&&s.sc.html()){var a,c=e(".autocomplete-suggestion.selected",s.sc);return c.length?(a=40==t.which?c.next(".autocomplete-suggestion"):c.prev(".autocomplete-suggestion"),a.length?(c.removeClass("selected"),s.val(a.addClass("selected").data("val"))):(c.removeClass("selected"),s.val(s.last_val),a=0)):(a=40==t.which?e(".autocomplete-suggestion",s.sc).first():e(".autocomplete-suggestion",s.sc).last(),s.val(a.addClass("selected").data("val"))),s.updateSC(0,a),!1}if(27==t.which)s.val(s.last_val).sc.hide();else if(13==t.which||9==t.which){var c=e(".autocomplete-suggestion.selected",s.sc);c.length&&s.sc.is(":visible")&&(o.onSelect(t,c.data("val"),c),setTimeout(function(){s.sc.hide()},20))}}),s.on("keyup.autocomplete",function(a){if(!~e.inArray(a.which,[13,27,35,36,37,38,39,40])){var c=s.val();if(c.length>=o.minChars){if(c!=s.last_val){if(s.last_val=c,clearTimeout(s.timer),o.cache){if(c in s.cache)return void t(s.cache[c]);for(var l=1;l<c.length-o.minChars;l++){var i=c.slice(0,c.length-l);if(i in s.cache&&!s.cache[i].length)return void t([])}}s.timer=setTimeout(function(){o.source(c,t)},o.delay)}}else s.last_val=c,s.sc.hide()}})})},e.fn.autoComplete.defaults={source:0,minChars:3,delay:150,cache:1,menuClass:"",renderItem:function(e,t){t=t.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g,"\\$&");var o=new RegExp("("+t.split(" ").join("|")+")","gi");return'<div class="autocomplete-suggestion" data-val="'+e+'">'+e.replace(o,"<b>$1</b>")+"</div>"},onSelect:function(e,t,o){}}}(jQuery);
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+!function(e){e.fn.autoComplete=function(t){var o=e.extend({},e.fn.autoComplete.defaults,t);return"string"==typeof t?(this.each(function(){var o=e(this);"destroy"==t&&(e(window).off("resize.autocomplete",o.updateSC),o.off("blur.autocomplete focus.autocomplete keydown.autocomplete keyup.autocomplete"),o.data("autocomplete")?o.attr("autocomplete",o.data("autocomplete")):o.removeAttr("autocomplete"),e(o.data("sc")).remove(),o.removeData("sc").removeData("autocomplete"))}),this):this.each(function(){function t(t){var a=s.val();if(s.cache[a]=t,t.length&&a.length>=o.minChars){for(var c="",l=0;l<t.length;l++){var i=o.renderItem(t[l],a);0===l&&o.autoFocus===!0&&(i=e(i).addClass("selected")[0].outerHTML),c+=i}s.sc.html(c),s.updateSC(0)}else s.sc.hide()}var s=e(this);s.sc=e('<div class="autocomplete-suggestions '+o.menuClass+'"></div>'),s.data("sc",s.sc).data("autocomplete",s.attr("autocomplete")),s.attr("autocomplete","off"),s.cache={},s.last_val="",s.updateSC=function(t,o){if(s.sc.css({top:s.offset().top+s.outerHeight(),left:s.offset().left,width:s.outerWidth()}),!t&&(s.sc.show(),s.sc.maxHeight||(s.sc.maxHeight=parseInt(s.sc.css("max-height"))),s.sc.suggestionHeight||(s.sc.suggestionHeight=e(".autocomplete-suggestion",s.sc).first().outerHeight()),s.sc.suggestionHeight))if(o){var a=s.sc.scrollTop(),c=o.offset().top-s.sc.offset().top;c+s.sc.suggestionHeight-s.sc.maxHeight>0?s.sc.scrollTop(c+s.sc.suggestionHeight+a-s.sc.maxHeight):0>c&&s.sc.scrollTop(c+a)}else s.sc.scrollTop(0)},e(window).on("resize.autocomplete",s.updateSC),s.sc.appendTo("body"),s.sc.on("mouseleave",".autocomplete-suggestion",function(){e(".autocomplete-suggestion.selected").removeClass("selected")}),s.sc.on("mouseenter",".autocomplete-suggestion",function(){e(".autocomplete-suggestion.selected").removeClass("selected"),e(this).addClass("selected")}),s.sc.on("mousedown",".autocomplete-suggestion",function(t){var a=e(this),c=a.data("val");return(c||a.hasClass("autocomplete-suggestion"))&&(s.val(c),o.onSelect(t,c,a),s.sc.hide()),!1}),s.on("blur.autocomplete",function(){try{over_sb=e(".autocomplete-suggestions:hover").length}catch(t){over_sb=0}over_sb?s.is(":focus")||setTimeout(function(){s.focus()},20):(s.last_val=s.val(),s.sc.hide(),setTimeout(function(){s.sc.hide()},350))}),o.minChars||s.on("focus.autocomplete",function(){s.last_val="\n",s.trigger("keyup.autocomplete")}),s.on("keydown.autocomplete",function(t){if((40==t.which||38==t.which)&&s.sc.html()){var a,c=e(".autocomplete-suggestion.selected",s.sc);return c.length?(a=40==t.which?c.next(".autocomplete-suggestion"):c.prev(".autocomplete-suggestion"),a.length?(c.removeClass("selected"),s.val(a.addClass("selected").data("val"))):(c.removeClass("selected"),s.val(s.last_val),a=0)):(a=40==t.which?e(".autocomplete-suggestion",s.sc).first():e(".autocomplete-suggestion",s.sc).last(),s.val(a.addClass("selected").data("val"))),s.updateSC(0,a),!1}if(27==t.which)s.val(s.last_val).sc.hide();else if(13==t.which||9==t.which){var c=e(".autocomplete-suggestion.selected",s.sc);o.autoFocus===!0&&s.val(c.data("val")),c.length&&s.sc.is(":visible")&&(o.onSelect(t,c.data("val"),c),setTimeout(function(){s.sc.hide()},20))}}),s.on("keyup.autocomplete",function(a){if(!~e.inArray(a.which,[13,27,35,36,37,38,39,40])){var c=s.val();if(c.length>=o.minChars){if(c!=s.last_val){if(s.last_val=c,clearTimeout(s.timer),o.cache){if(c in s.cache)return void t(s.cache[c]);for(var l=1;l<c.length-o.minChars;l++){var i=c.slice(0,c.length-l);if(i in s.cache&&!s.cache[i].length)return void t([])}}s.timer=setTimeout(function(){o.source(c,t)},o.delay)}}else s.last_val=c,s.sc.hide()}})})},e.fn.autoComplete.defaults={source:0,minChars:3,delay:150,cache:1,menuClass:"",renderItem:function(e,t){t=t.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g,"\\$&");var o=new RegExp("("+t.split(" ").join("|")+")","gi");return'<div class="autocomplete-suggestion" data-val="'+e+'">'+e.replace(o,"<b>$1</b>")+"</div>"},onSelect:function(e,t,o){}}}(jQuery);
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