Prevent removing fields from dropdowns on input elements

app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js

@@ -653,18 +653,14 @@
         isMarking = false;
         el.removeClass(ACTIVE_CLASS);
         if (field && field.length) {
-          if (isInput) {
-            field.val('');
-          } else {
-            field.remove();
-          }
+          this.clearField(field, isInput);
         }
       } else if (el.hasClass(INDETERMINATE_CLASS)) {
         isMarking = true;
         el.addClass(ACTIVE_CLASS);
         el.removeClass(INDETERMINATE_CLASS);
         if (field && field.length && value == null) {
-          field.remove();
+          this.clearField(field, isInput);
         }
         if ((!field || !field.length) && fieldName) {
           this.addInput(fieldName, value, selectedObject);
@@ -678,7 +674,7 @@
           }
         }
         if (field && field.length && value == null) {
-          field.remove();
+          this.clearField(field, isInput);
         }
         // Toggle active class for the tick mark
         el.addClass(ACTIVE_CLASS);
@@ -828,6 +824,10 @@
       return $(this.el).find(".dropdown-toggle-text").text(this.options.toggleLabel(selected, el, instance));
     };
 
+    GitLabDropdown.prototype.clearField = function(field, isInput) {
+      return isInput ? field.val('') : field.remove();
+    };
+
     return GitLabDropdown;
 
   })();

app/assets/javascripts/search_autocomplete.js.es6

@@ -70,12 +70,17 @@
         search: {
           fields: ['text']
         },
+        id: this.getSearchText,
         data: this.getData.bind(this),
         selectable: true,
         clicked: this.onClick.bind(this)
       });
     }
 
+    getSearchText(selectedObject, el) {
+      return selectedObject.id ? selectedObject.text : '';
+    }
+
     getData(term, callback) {
       var _this, contents, jqXHR;
       _this = this;
@@ -365,7 +370,7 @@
 
     onClick(item, $el, e) {
       if (location.pathname.indexOf(item.url) !== -1) {
-        e.preventDefault();
+        if (!e.metaKey) e.preventDefault();
         if (!this.badgePresent) {
           if (item.category === 'Projects') {
             this.projectInputEl.val(item.id);

changelogs/unreleased/25312-search-input-cmd-click-issue.yml

+---
+title: Prevent removal of input fields if it is the parent dropdown element
+merge_request: 8397
+author: