Primeng: Dropdown with default value does not work properly with clear button

[rafa-as]

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Plunkr Case (Bug Reports)
http://plnkr.co/edit/zIEhdMlGSNzCqmhZU41h?p=preview

Current behavior

Expected behavior
Open the dropdown.

Minimal reproduction of the problem with instructions

1. Create a dropdown with selected/default value
2. Click clear button
3. Try to open the dropdown

What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?
Obviously this error makes the dropdown unusable.

Please tell us about your environment:
OS: MAC OS X High Sierra 10.13.3
IDE: WebStorm 2018.1 EAP
Package Manager: Yarn 1.5.1
Node: 9.7.1
Angular-cli: 1.7.2

• Angular version: 5.2.7

• PrimeNG version: 5.2.1

• Browser: all

• Language: all

• Node (for AoT issues): node --version = 9.7.1

[perkma]

The clear button does not emit an onChange event. Is that an intended behavior?

[rafa-as]

I don't know @perkma but for me is another bug

[davisb10]

It is performing the same way even in the demo. This needs to fixed soon as it breaks the entire dropdown and makes in unusable.

[blackholegalaxy]

Agreed. The dropdown is unusable

[nakurd]

please make it optional.

[mlangwell]

Observing the same behavior, and I agree our team needs the clear icon optional.

[jamieathans]

Workaround to hide the clear button:

Add the following in global styes.scss:

p-dropdown {
  .ui-dropdown-clear-icon {
    display: none;
  }
}

[EleanorHughes]

Any idea when this is going to be fixed? We need both the clear button and the dropdowns in our application

[cagataycivici]

5.2.2 is now published with this fix and others;

https://www.primefaces.org/primeng-5-2-2-released/