1 files changed, 1 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/js/components/hintable.reel/hintable.js b/js/components/hintable.reel/hintable.js
index e16c5f8a..d09cdbd2 100644
--- a/js/components/hintable.reel/hintable.js
+++ b/js/components/hintable.reel/hintable.js
@@ -140,15 +140,6 @@ exports.Hintable = Montage.create(Editable, {
             }
         }
     },
-    value : {
-        get: function() {
-            return this._getFirstTextNode().textContent;
-        },
-        set: function(str) {
-            var node = this._getFirstTextNode();
-            node.textContent = str;
-        }
-    },
 
     handleKeydown : {
         value : function handleKeydown(e) {
@@ -196,6 +187,7 @@ exports.Hintable = Montage.create(Editable, {
                     
                     this._matchIndex = 0;                    
                     this.matches = this.hints.filter(function(h) {
+                        if(!h) { return false; }
                         return h.indexOf(val) === 0;
                     }).sort();
                     
@@ -271,32 +263,6 @@ exports.Hintable = Montage.create(Editable, {
             return Array.prototype.slice.call(arrayLikeObj);
         }
     },
-    _getFirstTextNode : {
-        value : function(el) {
-            ///// optional el argument specified container element
-            var e = el || this._element,
-                nodes = e.childNodes, node;
-            
-            if(nodes.length) {
-                for(var i=0; i<nodes.length; i++) {
-                    if(nodes[i].nodeType === 3) {
-                        ///// found the first text node
-                        node = nodes[i];
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            
-            ///// Text node not found
-            if(!node) {
-                node = document.createTextNode('');
-                e.appendChild(node);
-            }
-        
-        
-            return node;
-        }
-    },
     _super : {
         value : function(args) {
             this.inheritsFrom[arguments.callee.caller.name].apply(this, args);