prevent filtering Issues by multiple milestones, authors, or assignees

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js
index 38ff3fb7158..28e5e3232cb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js
@@ -57,13 +57,15 @@ require('./filtered_search_dropdown');
       const dropdownData = [];
 
       [].forEach.call(this.input.closest('.filtered-search-input-container').querySelectorAll('.dropdown-menu'), (dropdownMenu) => {
-        const { icon, hint, tag } = dropdownMenu.dataset;
+        const { icon, hint, tag, type } = dropdownMenu.dataset;
         if (icon && hint && tag) {
-          dropdownData.push({
-            icon: `fa-${icon}`,
-            hint,
-            tag: `<${tag}>`,
-          });
+          dropdownData.push(
+            Object.assign({
+              icon: `fa-${icon}`,
+              hint,
+              tag: `<${tag}>`,
+            }, type && { type }),
+          );
         }
       });
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js
index a5a6b56a0d3..77bf191f343 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js
@@ -51,14 +51,18 @@
 
     static filterHint(input, item) {
       const updatedItem = item;
-      const searchInput = gl.DropdownUtils.getSearchInput(input);
-      let { lastToken } = gl.FilteredSearchTokenizer.processTokens(searchInput);
-      lastToken = lastToken.key || lastToken || '';
-
-      if (!lastToken || searchInput.split('').last() === ' ') {
+      const searchInput = gl.DropdownUtils.getSearchQuery(input);
+      const { lastToken, tokens } = gl.FilteredSearchTokenizer.processTokens(searchInput);
+      const lastKey = lastToken.key || lastToken || '';
+      const allowMultiple = item.type === 'array';
+      const itemInExistingTokens = tokens.some(t => t.key === item.hint);
+
+      if (!allowMultiple && itemInExistingTokens) {
+        updatedItem.droplab_hidden = true;
+      } else if (!lastKey || searchInput.split('').last() === ' ') {
         updatedItem.droplab_hidden = false;
-      } else if (lastToken) {
-        const split = lastToken.split(':');
+      } else if (lastKey) {
+        const split = lastKey.split(':');
         const tokenName = split[0].split(' ').last();
 
         const match = updatedItem.hint.indexOf(tokenName.toLowerCase()) === -1;