From dea20c573b2c74b43db1430e63c487d907813934 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: navedqb <109583873+navedqb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 15:25:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: check filter input reference before focusing

---
 packages/primevue/src/select/Select.vue | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/select/Select.vue b/packages/primevue/src/select/Select.vue
index 9386b6b73..af07edaf3 100755
--- a/packages/primevue/src/select/Select.vue
+++ b/packages/primevue/src/select/Select.vue
@@ -706,7 +706,9 @@ export default {
 
             if (this.autoFilterFocus && this.filter && !this.editable) {
                 this.$nextTick(() => {
-                    focus(this.$refs.filterInput.$el);
+                    if (this.$refs.filterInput) {
+                        focus(this.$refs.filterInput.$el);
+                    }
                 });
             }