1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js.es6
index 88b172d6fc4..c27ef3042d1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js.es6
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@
       const { lastToken, searchToken } = gl.FilteredSearchTokenizer.processTokens(query);
 
       if (lastToken !== searchToken) {
-        const value = lastToken.value.toLowerCase();
         const title = updatedItem.title.toLowerCase();
+        let value = lastToken.value.toLowerCase();
+
+        if ((value[0] === '"' || value[0] === '\'') && title.indexOf(' ') !== -1) {
+          value = value.slice(1);
+        }
 
         // Eg. filterSymbol = ~ for labels
         const matchWithoutSymbol = lastToken.symbol === filterSymbol && title.indexOf(value) !== -1;