[Dropdown] Redundant item text in dropdowns

[designosis]

Currently (via docs), a simple selection dropdown looks like this:

Once clicked, it opens with this:

No matter how you look at it, that's 3 options. The user is forced to read the extra line, spending between 30-3000ms (depending on factors like competence, blood sugar, etc.) before recognizing that there are 2 options, not 3. It confuses things, and actively biases the selection. Even a simple "Yes / No" dropdown will read as "Yes Yes No" or "No Yes No". The extra duplicated repeating redundancy is detrimental to UX.

Searching dropdowns obviously must retain the selection. But I'd suggest that in most other cases, the following is vastly preferable:

I'd also suggest that no matter how many items are in the dropdown, upon clicking a dropdown with an existing selection, the dropdown should open with the mouse hovering over the current selection. (In other words, if a dropdown with options 1,2,3,4,5 has option 3 selected, and I click it, I'd suggest the options 1+2 appear above the dropdown, and 4+5 appear below, with the mouse still hovering over 3).

[designosis]

I'm surprised no-one else has voiced in on this topic. I'm regularly blasted with complaints about this from clients for whom I've implemented Semantic UI solutions. Am I missing something?

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[designosis]

Both this issue and #6173 are UX blights, deserving of non-stalebotness and further action.

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[brody4hire]

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