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Multiselect does not clear search textarea on select when closeOnSelect is false #6387
Description
When closeOnSelect is false, a multiselect does not clear the text entered in the search textarea when an option is selected.
How to reproduce
<select class="select2 form-control select2-multiple" data-toggle="select2" multiple="multiple">
<optgroup label="Alaskan/Hawaiian Time Zone">
<option value="AK">Alaska</option>
<option value="HI">Hawaii</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Pacific Time Zone">
<option value="CA">California</option>
<option value="WA">Washington</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Mountain Time Zone">
<option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
<option value="CO">Colorado</option>
<option value="ID">Idaho</option>
<option value="WY">Wyoming</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Central Time Zone">
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option value="AR">Arkansas</option>
<option value="IL">Illinois</option>
<option value="WI">Wisconsin</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Eastern Time Zone">
<option value="CT">Connecticut</option>
<option value="DE">Delaware</option>
<option value="FL">Florida</option>
<option value="WV">West Virginia</option>
</optgroup>
</select>$('.select2').select2({ closeOnSelect: false });Typing Ala and clicking Alaska in the dropdown does not clear the text Ala from the search textarea.
Expected behaviour
The search textarea should clear once an option is selected.
Activity
sridharkalaibala commentedon Sep 14, 2026
Confirmed against a fresh build of current
develop(06e2dcfd836c2c3c5ca970550c5ecc1d6919bdfd), using jQuery 3.7.1 and Chromium:After typing
Alaand clicking Alaska, Alaska is selected, the dropdown stays open, the input still containsAla, and the results remain Alaska/Alabama. Inselection/search.js, the input is cleared in theclosehandler; this interaction doesn't close the dropdown.Related earlier proposals are #5583 and #6022 (both closed). There is a behavior choice worth making explicit before reviving a fix: should selecting also reset the query so California and other nonmatching options return, or preserve the filtered results for selecting several matches? Clearing only the visible input would leave filtered results without a visible search term. I can reproduce the current issue, but have not submitted that partial change.