From d6a1ce23be6a80248244cb53c6d2ce7a917f59dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pete-mcwilliams <pmcwilliams@prohire.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:11:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] #14223 fix for regression value can be '' or null

---
 src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index ecd1b1780ff..fba49d9bbd3 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
     }
 
     get isVisibleClearIcon(): boolean | undefined {
-        return this.modelValue() != null && ObjectUtils.isNotEmpty(this.modelValue()) && this.modelValue() !== '' && this.showClear && !this.disabled;
+        return this.modelValue() != null && this.hasSelectedOption() && this.showClear && !this.disabled;
     }
 
     get containerClass() {
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
     }
 
     hasSelectedOption() {
-        return ObjectUtils.isNotEmpty(this.modelValue());
+        return this.modelValue() !== undefined;
     }
 
     isValidSelectedOption(option) {