2.5.17

Author: walkerkay

bower.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular-elastic",
-  "version": "2.5.16",
+  "version": "2.5.17",
   "main": "elastic.js",
   "ignore": [
     "**/.*",

elastic.js

@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ angular.module('monospaced.elastic', [])
                         if (scope.maxHeight && scope.maxHeight != maxHeight) {
                             maxHeight = scope.maxHeight;
                         }
-                        return ngModel ? ngModel.$modelValue : null;
+                        if (attrs.ngModel) {
+                            return ngModel.$modelValue;
+                        } else {
+                            return scope.$eval(attrs.thyModel);
+                        }
                     }, function (newValue) {
                         forceAdjust();
                     });

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular-elastic",
-  "version": "2.5.16",
+  "version": "2.5.17",
   "description": "Elastic (autosize) textareas for AngularJS, without jQuery dependency.",
   "keywords": [
     "angular",