[Bug]: a form "change" event is fired on blur, when the value did not change

[lovasoa]

Bug description

When the tom select field is blurred, tom select reinitilizes it to an empty state, but still lets a change event bubble up the DOM, while the <select> element value is still the user's search string (that did not match any valid option).

Screencast.From.2025-02-27.15-24-57.mp4

Expected behavior

When the input field is reinitialized, and it was originally empty, then the value did not change, and no change event should bubble up to the parent form component.

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to https://codepen.io/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-/pen/gbOLKKv?editors=1011
2. Start typing something in the input
3. Click outside the input

Additional context

• OS: all
• Browser all
• Version latest
• Device: all

[lovasoa]

initially reported in sqlpage/SQLPage#832

[lovasoa]

Maybe the additional <input> element that tom-select creates to handle user input should not be linked to the same <form> element as the actual <select> that contains the real values selected by the user.

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