diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/select/select.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/select/select.component.html
index 540429e89..59d0f9ca3 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/select/select.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/select/select.component.html
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
       bindLabel="name"
       bindValue="id"
       (change)="onChange(value)"
-      (blur)="onTouched()">
+      (search)="onSearch($event)"
+      (focus)="onFocus()">
     </ng-select>
 
     <div *ngIf="showPlusButton()" class="input-group-append">
-      <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" (click)="createNew.emit()">
+      <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" (click)="clickNew()">
         <svg class="buttonicon" fill="currentColor">
           <use xlink:href="assets/bootstrap-icons.svg#plus" />
         </svg>
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
     <ng-container *ngFor="let s of getSuggestions()">
       <a (click)="value = s.id; onChange(value)" [routerLink]="">{{s.name}}</a>&nbsp;
     </ng-container>
-    
-    
+
+
   </small>
 </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/select/select.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/select/select.component.ts
index e02aaab72..6eaf7795f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/select/select.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/select/select.component.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ export class SelectComponent extends AbstractInputComponent<number> {
   suggestions: number[]
 
   @Output()
-  createNew = new EventEmitter()
+  createNew = new EventEmitter<string>()
+
+  private _lastSearchTerm: string
 
   showPlusButton(): boolean {
     return this.createNew.observers.length > 0
@@ -48,4 +50,17 @@ export class SelectComponent extends AbstractInputComponent<number> {
     }
   }
 
+  clickNew() {
+    this.createNew.next(this._lastSearchTerm)
+    this._lastSearchTerm = null
+  }
+
+  onFocus() {
+    this._lastSearchTerm = null
+  }
+
+  onSearch($event) {
+    this._lastSearchTerm = $event.term
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
index f9b87aee3..1286225fb 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@
                         <app-input-number i18n-title title="Archive serial number" [error]="error?.archive_serial_number" formControlName='archive_serial_number'></app-input-number>
                         <app-input-date i18n-title title="Date created" formControlName="created" [error]="error?.created"></app-input-date>
                         <app-input-select [items]="correspondents" i18n-title title="Correspondent" formControlName="correspondent" [allowNull]="true"
-                            (createNew)="createCorrespondent()" [suggestions]="suggestions?.correspondents"></app-input-select>
+                            (createNew)="createCorrespondent($event)" [suggestions]="suggestions?.correspondents"></app-input-select>
                         <app-input-select [items]="documentTypes" i18n-title title="Document type" formControlName="document_type" [allowNull]="true"
-                            (createNew)="createDocumentType()" [suggestions]="suggestions?.document_types"></app-input-select>
+                            (createNew)="createDocumentType($event)" [suggestions]="suggestions?.document_types"></app-input-select>
                         <app-input-tags formControlName="tags" [suggestions]="suggestions?.tags"></app-input-tags>
 
                     </ng-template>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
index af98a6f7f..7dd5dd80d 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
@@ -127,9 +127,10 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent implements OnInit {
     this.documentForm.patchValue(doc)
   }
 
-  createDocumentType() {
+  createDocumentType(newName: string) {
     var modal = this.modalService.open(DocumentTypeEditDialogComponent, {backdrop: 'static'})
     modal.componentInstance.dialogMode = 'create'
+    if (newName) modal.componentInstance.object = { name: newName }
     modal.componentInstance.success.subscribe(newDocumentType => {
       this.documentTypeService.listAll().subscribe(documentTypes => {
         this.documentTypes = documentTypes.results
@@ -138,9 +139,10 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent implements OnInit {
     })
   }
 
-  createCorrespondent() {
+  createCorrespondent(newName: string) {
     var modal = this.modalService.open(CorrespondentEditDialogComponent, {backdrop: 'static'})
     modal.componentInstance.dialogMode = 'create'
+    if (newName) modal.componentInstance.object = { name: newName }
     modal.componentInstance.success.subscribe(newCorrespondent => {
       this.correspondentService.listAll().subscribe(correspondents => {
         this.correspondents = correspondents.results