From 3bd40df5d77f4ae81b4234d6f10d401ead21c00c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eliza <eli97736@esri.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:48:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?cleanup=E2=9C=A8=F0=9F=A7=BC=E2=9C=A8?=
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---
 .../src/components/combobox/combobox.tsx              | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/combobox/combobox.tsx b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/combobox/combobox.tsx
index c17f66f2d60..d1c3d07d016 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/combobox/combobox.tsx
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/combobox/combobox.tsx
@@ -681,18 +681,13 @@ export class Combobox
         }
         break;
       case " ":
-        if (!this.textInput.value) {
+        if (!this.textInput.value && !event.defaultPrevented) {
           if (!this.open) {
-            if (event.composedPath().find((el: HTMLElement) => el.tagName === "CALCITE-CHIP")) {
-              event.preventDefault();
-            } else {
-              this.open = true;
-              this.shiftActiveItemIndex(1);
-            }
+            this.open = true;
+            this.shiftActiveItemIndex(1);
           }
           event.preventDefault();
         }
-
         break;
       case "Home":
         if (!this.open) {