diff --git a/types/jquery-editable-select/index.d.ts b/types/jquery-editable-select/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for jquery-editable-select 2.2
+// Project: https://github.com/indrimuska/jquery-editable-select
+// Definitions by: Vincent Biret <https://github.com/baywet>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.3
+
+/// <reference types="jquery"/>
+
+declare namespace JQueryEditableSelect {
+    interface EditableSelectOptions {
+        /**
+         * Filter (or not) items in list while typing.
+         */
+        filter?: boolean;
+        /**
+         * Easing used for showing and hiding the dropdown list.
+         */
+        effects?: 'default' | 'slide' | 'fade';
+        /**
+         * Duration of the easings (in milliseconds).
+         */
+        duration?: number | 'fast' | 'slow';
+        /**
+         * Where to append the dropdown list in the DOM.
+         */
+        appendTo?: string | JQuery;
+        /**
+         * How dropdown list is triggered.
+         */
+        trigger?: 'focus'| 'manual';
+    }
+}
+
+interface JQuery {
+    /**
+     * Transforms the <select> into a typeahead field. Accepts an optional options object.
+     *
+     * @param options Options setting the editable select behavior
+     */
+    editableSelect(options?: JQueryEditableSelect.EditableSelectOptions): JQuery;
+    /**
+     * Manually shows/hide/filters/clears/destorys the dropdown list.
+     *
+     * @param action Action to apply
+     */
+    editableSelect(action: 'show'| 'hide'| 'filter' | 'clear'| 'destroy'): void;
+    /**
+     * Manually sets the value of the text field to the value of the $element passed as parameter.
+     *
+     * @param action Action to apply, must be 'select'
+     * @param element element to select (it must be one of the elements in the dropdown list)
+     */
+    editableSelect(action: 'select', element: JQuery): void;
+    /**
+     * Adds a new option in the dropdown list
+     *
+     * @param action Action to apply, must be 'add'
+     * @param text Test to be displayed
+     * @param index position to insert the element at.
+     * @param attrs optional attributes to add to the element
+     * @param data optional data to add to the element
+     */
+    editableSelect(action: 'add', text: string , index?: number, attrs?: Array<{name: string, value: string}>, data?: string): void;
+    /**
+     * Removes an option in the dropdown list at the given index.
+     *
+     * @param action Action to apply, must be 'remove'
+     * @param index position of the element to remove.
+     */
+    editableSelect(action: 'remove', index: number): void;
+}
diff --git a/types/jquery-editable-select/jquery-editable-select-tests.ts b/types/jquery-editable-select/jquery-editable-select-tests.ts
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+function test_editable_select() {
+    $("#select").editableSelect();
+    $("#select").editableSelect({ filter: true, duration: 'slow', effects: 'default', appendTo: '.someelementclass', trigger: 'focus'});
+    $("#select").editableSelect('remove', 0);
+    $("#select").editableSelect('destroy');
+    $("#select").editableSelect('hide');
+    $("#select").editableSelect('show');
+    $("#select").editableSelect('filter');
+    $("#select").editableSelect('clear');
+    $("#select").editableSelect('select', $('#option1'));
+    $("#select").editableSelect('add', 'some text');
+    $("#select").editableSelect('add', 'some text', 0);
+    $("#select").editableSelect('add', 'some text', 0, [{name: 'attribute1', value: 'attribute1value'}]);
+    $("#select").editableSelect('add', 'some text', 0, [{name: 'attribute1', value: 'attribute1value'}], 'some data');
+}
diff --git a/types/jquery-editable-select/tsconfig.json b/types/jquery-editable-select/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "jquery-editable-select-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/types/jquery-editable-select/tslint.json b/types/jquery-editable-select/tslint.json
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+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
+    "rules": {
+    }
+}