Prioritize autocomplete dropdown over search results on Enter keypress

frontend/app.js

@@ -586,15 +586,21 @@
         li.appendChild(badge);
         li.addEventListener("click", () => {
           const input = document.getElementById("search-input");
-          // Append tag: operator if not already typing one
           const current = input.value;
-          const ctx = QueryParser.getContext(current, input.selectionStart);
+          const cursorPos = input.selectionStart;
+          const ctx = QueryParser.getContext(current, cursorPos);
           if (ctx.type === "tag") {
             // Replace the partial tag prefix
-            const before = current.slice(0, input.selectionStart - ctx.prefix.length);
+            const before = current.slice(0, cursorPos - ctx.prefix.length);
             input.value = before + item.tag + " ";
           } else {
-            input.value = (current ? current + " " : "") + "tag:" + item.tag + " ";
+            // Replace the last word with tag: operator
+            const words = current.trim().split(/\s+/);
+            if (words.length > 0 && ctx.prefix && ctx.prefix.length > 0) {
+              words[words.length - 1] = "";  // remove last partial word
+            }
+            const base = words.filter(w => w).join(" ");
+            input.value = (base ? base + " " : "") + "tag:" + item.tag + " ";
           }
           input.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
           this.hide();
@@ -4992,7 +4998,12 @@
           e.preventDefault();
           AutocompleteDropdown.navigateUp();
         } else if (e.key === "Enter") {
-          // If search results are visible, open the selected result
+          // First: check dropdown suggestions (higher priority than search results)
+          if (AutocompleteDropdown.isVisible() && AutocompleteDropdown.selectActive()) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            return;
+          }
+          // Second: navigate search results if visible
           const results = document.querySelectorAll(".search-result-item");
           if (results.length > 0 && _searchResultIdx >= 0) {
             const el = results[_searchResultIdx];
@@ -5002,11 +5013,7 @@
               if (vault && path) { TabManager.openPreview(vault, path); e.preventDefault(); return; }
             }
           }
-          if (AutocompleteDropdown.selectActive()) {
+          // Third: execute search
-            e.preventDefault();
-            return;
-          }
-          // No active item — execute search normally
           AutocompleteDropdown.hide();
           const q = input.value.trim();
           if (q) {
@@ -5028,15 +5035,9 @@
           e.stopPropagation();
         }
       } else if (e.key === "Enter") {
-        // If search results are visible, open selected result
+        if (AutocompleteDropdown.isVisible() && AutocompleteDropdown.selectActive()) {
-        const results = document.querySelectorAll(".search-result-item");
+          e.preventDefault();
-        if (results.length > 0 && _searchResultIdx >= 0) {
+          return;
-          const el = results[_searchResultIdx];
-          if (el) {
-            const vault = el.dataset.vault;
-            const path = el.dataset.path;
-            if (vault && path) { TabManager.openPreview(vault, path); e.preventDefault(); return; }
-          }
         }
         const q = input.value.trim();
         if (q) {

frontend/style.css

@@ -3283,9 +3283,6 @@ body.resizing-v {
   border-radius: 8px;
   box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
   z-index: 200;
-  max-height: 380px;
-  overflow-y: auto;
-  overflow-x: hidden;
 }
 .search-dropdown[hidden] {
   display: none;