From 449a8fcbb48c0c947c0edf7264e15940f30b7f4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuri Kuznetsov <yurikuzn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:51:03 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix multi-enum bc

---
 client/src/ui/multi-select.js | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/ui/multi-select.js b/client/src/ui/multi-select.js
index 0bb6475ca3..9449407e61 100644
--- a/client/src/ui/multi-select.js
+++ b/client/src/ui/multi-select.js
@@ -204,10 +204,14 @@ const MultiSelect = {
 
         $el.selectize(selectizeOptions);
 
-        $el[0].selectize.on('item_before_remove', (v, $item) => {
-            // Otherwise, the item is left active.
-            $item.removeClass('active');
-        });
+        if ($el[0]) {
+            // Check for compatibility with existing code where initialing is called against non-existing element.
+
+            $el[0].selectize.on('item_before_remove', (v, $item) => {
+                // Otherwise, the item is left active.
+                $item.removeClass('active');
+            });
+        }
     },
 
     /**