From 7a5f611e7694016889e33a02518de7eb8c5c99f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leonel=20C=C3=A2mara?= <leonelcamara@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:23:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1571

---
 gluon/sqlhtml.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gluon/sqlhtml.py b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
index 8b1d5c52..dfdc1d10 100644
--- a/gluon/sqlhtml.py
+++ b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
@@ -684,9 +684,10 @@ class AutocompleteWidget(object):
             urlvars = request.vars
             urlvars[default_var] = 1
             self.url = URL(args=request.args, vars=urlvars)
-            self.callback()
+            self.run_callback = True
         else:
             self.url = request
+            self.run_callback = False
 
     def callback(self):
         if self.keyword in self.request.vars:
@@ -759,6 +760,8 @@ class AutocompleteWidget(object):
                 raise HTTP(200, '')
 
     def __call__(self, field, value, **attributes):
+        if self.run_callback:
+            self.callback()
         default = dict(
             _type='text',
             value=(value is not None and str(value)) or '',