diff --git a/ts/components/WithDropdown.svelte b/ts/components/WithDropdown.svelte
index 9048c9293..801fbae23 100644
--- a/ts/components/WithDropdown.svelte
+++ b/ts/components/WithDropdown.svelte
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ License: GNU AGPL, version 3 or later; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
     export let autoClose: boolean | "inside" | "outside" = true;
 
     export let placement = "bottom-start";
+    export let toggleOpen = true;
     export let drop: "down" | "up" | "left" | "right" = "down";
 
     $: dropClass = `drop${drop}`;
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ License: GNU AGPL, version 3 or later; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
         /* avoid focusing element toggle on menu activation */
         toggle.focus = noop;
 
+        if (!toggleOpen) {
+            /* do not open on clicking toggle */
+            toggle.addEventListener = noop;
+        }
+
         dropdown = new Dropdown(toggle, {
             autoClose,
             popperConfig: (defaultConfig: Record<string, any>) => ({
diff --git a/ts/editor/WithAutocomplete.svelte b/ts/editor/WithAutocomplete.svelte
index 1e23857b3..61c0a207f 100644
--- a/ts/editor/WithAutocomplete.svelte
+++ b/ts/editor/WithAutocomplete.svelte
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ License: GNU AGPL, version 3 or later; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
     }
 </script>
 
-<WithDropdown {drop} let:createDropdown>
+<WithDropdown {drop} toggleOpen={false} let:createDropdown>
     <slot createAutocomplete={createAutocomplete(createDropdown)} />
 
     <DropdownMenu class={className}>