Skip default behaviour if we are clicking a result for the same location

app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class GitLabDropdown
         selected = self.rowClicked $(@)
 
         if self.options.clicked
-          self.options.clicked(selected)
+          self.options.clicked(selected, e)
 
   # Finds an element inside wrapper element
   getElement: (selector) ->

app/assets/javascripts/search_autocomplete.js.coffee

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class @SearchAutocomplete
         search:
           fields: ['text']
         data: @getData.bind(@)
+        selectable: true
+        clicked: @onClick.bind(@)
 
   getData: (term, callback) ->
     _this = @
@@ -268,3 +270,9 @@ class @SearchAutocomplete
               <li><a class='dropdown-menu-empty-link is-focused'>Loading...</a></li>
             </ul>"
     @dropdownContent.html(html)
+
+  onClick: (item, e) ->
+    if location.pathname.indexOf(item.url) isnt -1
+      e.preventDefault()
+      @disableAutocomplete()
+      @searchInput.val('')