fix(typeahead): fix label rendering for equal model and items names

src/typeahead/test/typeahead.spec.js

@@ -338,6 +338,14 @@ describe('typeahead tests', function () {
       var inputEl = findInput(prepareInputEl("<div><input ng-model='result' typeahead='state as state.name + \" \" + state.code for state in states | filter:$viewValue'></div>"));
       expect(inputEl.val()).toEqual('');
     });
+
+    it('issue 786 - name of internal model should not conflict with scope model name', function () {
+      $scope.state = $scope.states[0];
+      var element = prepareInputEl("<div><input ng-model='state' typeahead='state as state.name for state in states | filter:$viewValue'></div>");
+      var inputEl = findInput(element);
+
+      expect(inputEl.val()).toEqual('Alaska');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('input formatting', function () {

src/typeahead/typeahead.js

@@ -172,12 +172,13 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.typeahead', ['ui.bootstrap.position'])
           return inputFormatter(originalScope, locals);
 
         } else {
-          locals[parserResult.itemName] = modelValue;
 
           //it might happen that we don't have enough info to properly render input value
           //we need to check for this situation and simply return model value if we can't apply custom formatting
+          locals[parserResult.itemName] = modelValue;
           candidateViewValue = parserResult.viewMapper(originalScope, locals);
-          emptyViewValue = parserResult.viewMapper(originalScope, {});
+          locals[parserResult.itemName] = undefined;
+          emptyViewValue = parserResult.viewMapper(originalScope, locals);
 
           return candidateViewValue!== emptyViewValue ? candidateViewValue : modelValue;
         }