# Search autocompletion cannot handle right clicks

**URL:** https://talk.observablehq.com/t/search-autocompletion-cannot-handle-right-clicks/4310
**Category:** Feedback
**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/search-autocompletion-cannot-handle-right-clicks/4310 "2020-12-10T10:50:07Z")
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### Author: ![mootari](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mootari/32/581_2.png) [@mootari](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mootari)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/search-autocompletion-cannot-handle-right-clicks/4310/1 "2020-12-10T10:50:07Z")

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Right-clicking a suggested search result (e.g. to open it in a new tab) causes the modal to get stuck. Neither clicking into the search box nor clicking outside the modal will make it disappear.

Recovery: Focus the search box and hit esc. Anything else (focusing the search field and clicking outside, focusing the search field and changing the search term, _then_ clicking outside) won’t work.

Possibly related: [command-clicking a search result should not hide the list](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/command-clicking-a-search-result-should-not-hide-the-list/1850)