From 98c5c8870d42ccaaea38c00325b50a9ada717baa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: engjlr <enl@umbraco.dk>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:41:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(uui-combobox): Add open functionality with space bar

---
 .../uui-combobox-list/lib/uui-combobox-list.element.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 packages/uui-combobox/lib/uui-combobox.element.ts      |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/uui-combobox-list/lib/uui-combobox-list.element.ts b/packages/uui-combobox-list/lib/uui-combobox-list.element.ts
index a1632f30b..ef8f42cbc 100644
--- a/packages/uui-combobox-list/lib/uui-combobox-list.element.ts
+++ b/packages/uui-combobox-list/lib/uui-combobox-list.element.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,16 @@ export class UUIComboboxListElement extends LitElement {
         break;
       }
 
+      //Space key
+      case ' ': {
+        const el = e.target as HTMLInputElement;
+        console.log('FROM LIST', el.value);
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        this._getActiveElement?.click();
+        break;
+      }
+
       case 'End': {
         e.preventDefault();
         this._goToIndex(this._options.length - 1);
diff --git a/packages/uui-combobox/lib/uui-combobox.element.ts b/packages/uui-combobox/lib/uui-combobox.element.ts
index 2d581a0e6..ea4582a1e 100644
--- a/packages/uui-combobox/lib/uui-combobox.element.ts
+++ b/packages/uui-combobox/lib/uui-combobox.element.ts
@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ export class UUIComboboxElement extends UUIFormControlMixin(LitElement, '') {
       this.#onOpen();
     }
 
+    if (e.key === ' ') {
+      if (this._isOpen) return;
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopImmediatePropagation();
+      this.#onOpen();
+    }
+
     if (e.key === 'Escape' || e.key === 'Enter') {
       this.#onClose();
     }