autocomplete: uncalled-for evaluation of md-items on item select

[exchsac]

Actual Behavior:

• What is the issue? * With md-no-cache="true": when an item from the dropdown list is selected with the mouse pointer an unnecessary call to the search function is made. This is wasteful especially when using web services with usage limits and may also disrupt the program logic.
• What is the expected behaviour? It should behave in the same way as when the item is selected with the keyboard (that is no call to the search function).

CodePen (or steps to reproduce the issue): *

• CodePen Demo which shows your issue: http://codepen.io/exchsac/pen/BQgypR

Angular Versions: *

• Angular Version: >=1.5.8 <1.6.0
• Angular Material Version: 1.1.1, 1.1.0

Additional Information:

• Browser Type: Chrome, Firefox, Safari

[Splaktar]

Updated CodePen for 1.1.7 confirms that this is still an issue.

[saskodh]

Please also consider the case when md-chips is used in combination with the md-autocomplete. The search function is getting called three times in that case. Updated CodePen