Move search autocomplete from dispatcher to main.js

app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js

@@ -4,16 +4,8 @@ import $ from 'jquery';
 import GfmAutoComplete from './gfm_auto_complete';
 import { convertPermissionToBoolean } from './lib/utils/common_utils';
 import Shortcuts from './shortcuts';
-import SearchAutocomplete from './search_autocomplete';
 import performanceBar from './performance_bar';
 
-function initSearch() {
-  // Only when search form is present
-  if ($('.search').length) {
-    return new SearchAutocomplete();
-  }
-}
-
 function initPageShortcuts(page) {
   const pagesWithCustomShortcuts = [
     'projects:activity',
@@ -70,8 +62,6 @@ function initPerformanceBar() {
 }
 
 export default () => {
-  initSearch();
-
   const page = $('body').attr('data-page');
   if (page) {
     initPageShortcuts(page);

app/assets/javascripts/main.js

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import './frequent_items';
 import initBreadcrumbs from './breadcrumb';
 import initDispatcher from './dispatcher';
 import initUsagePingConsent from './usage_ping_consent';
+import initSearchAutocomplete from './search_autocomplete';
 import GlFieldErrors from './gl_field_errors';
 
 // expose jQuery as global (TODO: remove these)
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
   initLogoAnimation();
   initUsagePingConsent();
 
+  if (document.querySelector('.search')) initSearchAutocomplete();
+
   // Set the default path for all cookies to GitLab's root directory
   Cookies.defaults.path = gon.relative_url_root || '/';
 

app/assets/javascripts/search_autocomplete.js

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function setSearchOptions() {
   }
 }
 
-export default class SearchAutocomplete {
+export class SearchAutocomplete {
   constructor({ wrap, optsEl, autocompletePath, projectId, projectRef } = {}) {
     setSearchOptions();
     this.bindEventContext();
@@ -499,3 +499,7 @@ export default class SearchAutocomplete {
     this.dropdownMenu.toggleClass('fade-out', !this.isScrolledUp());
   }
 }
+
+export default function initSearchAutocomplete(opts) {
+  return new SearchAutocomplete(opts);
+}

spec/javascripts/search_autocomplete_spec.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import $ from 'jquery';
 import '~/gl_dropdown';
-import SearchAutocomplete from '~/search_autocomplete';
+import initSearchAutocomplete from '~/search_autocomplete';
 import '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
 
 describe('Search autocomplete dropdown', () => {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe('Search autocomplete dropdown', () => {
     window.gon.current_user_id = userId;
     window.gon.current_username = userName;
 
-    return (widget = new SearchAutocomplete());
+    return (widget = initSearchAutocomplete());
   });
 
   afterEach(function() {