diff --git a/public/javascripts/jquery.tokeninput.js b/public/javascripts/jquery.tokeninput.js
index 1bcea70..c84245a 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/jquery.tokeninput.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/jquery.tokeninput.js
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ var DEFAULT_CLASSES = {
     dropdownItem: "token-input-dropdown-item",
     dropdownItem2: "token-input-dropdown-item2",
     selectedDropdownItem: "token-input-selected-dropdown-item",
-    inputToken: "token-input-input-token"
+    inputToken: "token-input-input-token",
+    blurText: "token-input-blur-text",
 };
 
 // Input box position "enum"
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ $.TokenList = function (input, url_or_data, settings) {
 
     // Keep track of the timeout, old vals
     var timeout;
-    var input_val;
+    var input_val = '';
 
     // Create a new text input an attach keyup events
     var input_box = $("<input type=\"text\"  autocomplete=\"off\">")
@@ -169,11 +170,17 @@ $.TokenList = function (input, url_or_data, settings) {
         .attr("id", settings.idPrefix + input.id)
         .focus(function () {
             if (settings.tokenLimit === null || settings.tokenLimit !== token_count) {
+              if(settings.permanentDropdown)
+                hide_dropdown_hint();
+              else
                 show_dropdown_hint();
             }
         })
         .blur(function () {
-            hide_dropdown();
+            if(settings.permanentDropdown)
+              show_dropdown_hint();
+            else
+              hide_dropdown();
         })
         .bind("keyup keydown blur update", resize_input)
         .keydown(function (event) {
@@ -334,6 +341,10 @@ $.TokenList = function (input, url_or_data, settings) {
         do_search();
     }
 
+    // Hint for permanentDropdown
+    if(settings.permanentDropdown)
+      show_dropdown_hint();
+
     // Magic element to help us resize the text input
     var input_resizer = $("<tester/>")
         .insertAfter(input_box)
@@ -418,6 +429,9 @@ $.TokenList = function (input, url_or_data, settings) {
         var escaped = input_val.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/\s/g,' ').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
         input_resizer.html(escaped);
         input_box.width(input_resizer.width() + 30);
+
+        if(settings.permanentDropdown && input_box.hasClass(settings.classes.blurText))
+          input_val = '';
     }
 
     function is_printable_character(keycode) {
@@ -626,12 +640,26 @@ $.TokenList = function (input, url_or_data, settings) {
     }
 
     function show_dropdown_hint () {
-        if(!settings.permanentDropdown && settings.hintText) {
+        if(settings.hintText) {
+          if(settings.permanentDropdown) {
+            if (input_val == '') {
+              input_box.val(settings.hintText);
+              input_box.toggleClass(settings.classes.blurText);
+            }
+          } else {
             dropdown.html("<p>"+settings.hintText+"</p>");
             show_dropdown();
+          }
         }
     }
 
+    function hide_dropdown_hint () {
+      if (input_box.hasClass(settings.classes.blurText)) {
+        input_box.val('');
+        input_box.toggleClass(settings.classes.blurText);
+      }
+    }
+
     // Highlight the query part of the search term
     function highlight_term(value, term) {
         return value.replace(new RegExp("(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" + term + ")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "gi"), "<b>$1</b>");
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/token-input-facebook.css b/public/stylesheets/token-input-facebook.css
index b4d8e92..8edd461 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/token-input-facebook.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/token-input-facebook.css
@@ -119,4 +119,8 @@ div.token-input-dropdown-facebook ul li em {
 div.token-input-dropdown-facebook ul li.token-input-selected-dropdown-item-facebook {
     background-color: #3b5998;
     color: #fff;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+.token-input-blur-text-facebook {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: #AAA;
+}
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/token-input-facet.css b/public/stylesheets/token-input-facet.css
index 5b0d05e..9f04e95 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/token-input-facet.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/token-input-facet.css
@@ -113,3 +113,7 @@ div.token-input-dropdown-facet ul li.token-input-selected-dropdown-item-facet {
     background-color: #d0efa0;
 }
 
+.token-input-blur-text-facet {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: #AAA;
+}
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/token-input-mac.css b/public/stylesheets/token-input-mac.css
index 18522f0..2ddcd13 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/token-input-mac.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/token-input-mac.css
@@ -202,3 +202,7 @@ div.token-input-dropdown-mac ul li.token-input-selected-dropdown-item-mac span.t
 div.token-input-dropdown-mac ul li.token-input-selected-dropdown-item-mac.odd span.token-input-dropdown-item-description-mac {
     color: #fff;
 }
+.token-input-blur-text-mac {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: #AAA;
+}
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/token-input.css b/public/stylesheets/token-input.css
index 1f50f6f..45062e9 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/token-input.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/token-input.css
@@ -110,4 +110,7 @@ div.token-input-dropdown ul li em {
 div.token-input-dropdown ul li.token-input-selected-dropdown-item {
     background-color: #d0efa0;
 }
-
+.token-input-blur-text {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: #AAA;
+}
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