diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
index 4355fcca1..490274f8a 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="btn-group w-100" ngbDropdown role="group" (openChange)="dropdownOpenChange($event)" #dropdown="ngbDropdown" (keydown)="listKeyDown($event)" [popperOptions]="popperOptions">
+<div class="btn-group w-100" ngbDropdown role="group" (openChange)="dropdownOpenChange($event)" #dropdown="ngbDropdown" (keydown)="listKeyDown($event)" [popperOptions]="popperOptions" [autoClose]="!creating()">
   <button class="btn btn-sm" id="dropdown_{{name}}" ngbDropdownToggle [ngClass]="!editing && selectionModel.selectionSize() > 0 ? 'btn-primary' : 'btn-outline-primary'" [disabled]="disabled">
     <i-bs name="{{icon}}"></i-bs><div class="d-none d-sm-inline ms-1">{{title}}</div>
     @if (!editing && selectionModel.totalCount > 0) {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.spec.ts
index 95b1dd1fc..e6f2205f0 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { provideHttpClient, withInterceptorsFromDi } from '@angular/common/http'
 import { provideHttpClientTesting } from '@angular/common/http/testing'
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule, allIcons } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
+import { NEVER, Subject } from 'rxjs'
 import { NEGATIVE_NULL_FILTER_VALUE } from 'src/app/data/filter-rule-type'
 import {
   DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ const negativeNullItem = {
 
 let selectionModel: FilterableDropdownSelectionModel
 const wait = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
+const createModalRef = () => ({ closed: NEVER, dismissed: NEVER }) as any
 
 describe('FilterableDropdownComponent & FilterableDropdownSelectionModel', () => {
   let component: FilterableDropdownComponent
@@ -868,7 +870,7 @@ describe('FilterableDropdownComponent & FilterableDropdownSelectionModel', () =>
     expect(getRootDocCount(rootWithoutCounts.id)).toEqual(0)
   })
 
-  it('should set support create, keep open model and call createRef method', async () => {
+  it('should keep the dropdown open while the create modal is active', async () => {
     component.selectionModel.items = items
     component.icon = 'tag-fill'
     component.selectionModel = selectionModel
@@ -882,20 +884,44 @@ describe('FilterableDropdownComponent & FilterableDropdownSelectionModel', () =>
     fixture.detectChanges()
 
     component.filterText = 'Test Filter Text'
-    component.createRef = jest.fn()
+    const modalClosed = new Subject<void>()
+    component.createRef = jest.fn(
+      () =>
+        ({
+          closed: modalClosed,
+          dismissed: NEVER,
+        }) as any
+    )
     component.createClicked()
-    expect(component.creating).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(component.creating()).toBeTruthy()
     expect(component.createRef).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Test Filter Text')
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    expect(component.dropdown.autoClose).toBeFalsy()
+
+    document.body.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousedown', { bubbles: true }))
+    document.body.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mouseup', { bubbles: true }))
+    await wait(10)
+    expect(component.dropdown.isOpen()).toBeTruthy()
+
+    // Also cover a close that was already scheduled before autoClose changed.
     const openSpy = jest.spyOn(component.dropdown, 'open')
     component.dropdownOpenChange(false)
     expect(openSpy).toHaveBeenCalled() // should keep open
+    component.dropdownOpenChange(false)
+    expect(openSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2) // modal interactions keep it open
+
+    modalClosed.next()
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    expect(component.creating()).toBeFalsy()
+    expect(component.dropdown.autoClose).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(component.dropdown.isOpen()).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
   it('should call create on enter inside filter field if 0 items remain while editing', async () => {
     component.selectionModel.items = items
     component.icon = 'tag-fill'
     component.editing = true
-    component.createRef = jest.fn()
+    component.createRef = jest.fn(createModalRef)
     const createSpy = jest.spyOn(component, 'createClicked')
     expect(component.selectionModel.getSelectedItems()).toEqual([])
     fixture.nativeElement
@@ -915,7 +941,7 @@ describe('FilterableDropdownComponent & FilterableDropdownSelectionModel', () =>
     component.selectionModel.items = []
     component.icon = 'tag-fill'
     component.editing = true
-    component.createRef = jest.fn()
+    component.createRef = jest.fn(createModalRef)
 
     fixture.detectChanges()
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).not.toContain('Create')
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
index 6db19fa00..ca5c38e9a 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ import {
   signal,
 } from '@angular/core'
 import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
-import { NgbDropdown, NgbDropdownModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
+import {
+  NgbDropdown,
+  NgbDropdownModule,
+  NgbModalRef,
+} from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
-import { Subject, filter, takeUntil } from 'rxjs'
+import { Subject, filter, first, merge, takeUntil } from 'rxjs'
 import { NEGATIVE_NULL_FILTER_VALUE } from 'src/app/data/filter-rule-type'
 import { MatchingModel } from 'src/app/data/matching-model'
 import { ObjectWithPermissions } from 'src/app/data/object-with-permissions'
@@ -759,7 +763,7 @@ export class FilterableDropdownComponent
   disabled = false
 
   @Input()
-  createRef: (name) => void
+  createRef: (name: string) => NgbModalRef
 
   @Input()
   set documentCounts(counts: SelectionDataItem[]) {
@@ -777,7 +781,7 @@ export class FilterableDropdownComponent
   @Input()
   showExtraButtonIfEmpty: boolean = false
 
-  creating: boolean = false
+  readonly creating = signal(false)
 
   @Output()
   apply = new EventEmitter<ChangedItems>()
@@ -854,12 +858,18 @@ export class FilterableDropdownComponent
   }
 
   createClicked() {
-    this.creating = true
-    this.createRef(this.filterText)
+    this.creating.set(true)
+    const modal = this.createRef(this.filterText)
+    merge(modal.closed, modal.dismissed)
+      .pipe(first(), takeUntil(this.unsubscribeNotifier))
+      .subscribe(() => this.creating.set(false))
   }
 
   dropdownOpenChange(open: boolean): void {
     if (open) {
+      // Dont let a create modal close this
+      if (this.creating()) return
+
       setTimeout(() => {
         this.listFilterTextInput?.nativeElement.focus()
         this.buttonsViewport?.checkViewportSize()
@@ -872,9 +882,8 @@ export class FilterableDropdownComponent
         this.editing && !this.selectionModel.manyToOne
       this.opened.next(this)
     } else {
-      if (this.creating) {
+      if (this.creating()) {
         this.dropdown?.open()
-        this.creating = false
       } else {
         this.filterText = ''
         if (this.applyOnClose && this.selectionModel.isDirty()) {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts
index a2c529321..64c6a7fdf 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
         this.tagSelectionModel.items = flattenTags(tags.results)
         this.tagSelectionModel.toggle(newTag.id)
       })
+    return modal
   }
 
   createCorrespondent(name: string) {
@@ -785,6 +786,7 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
         this.correspondentSelectionModel.items = correspondents.results
         this.correspondentSelectionModel.toggle(newCorrespondent.id)
       })
+    return modal
   }
 
   createDocumentType(name: string) {
@@ -806,6 +808,7 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
         this.documentTypeSelectionModel.items = documentTypes.results
         this.documentTypeSelectionModel.toggle(newDocumentType.id)
       })
+    return modal
   }
 
   createStoragePath(name: string) {
@@ -827,6 +830,7 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
         this.storagePathsSelectionModel.items = storagePaths.results
         this.storagePathsSelectionModel.toggle(newStoragePath.id)
       })
+    return modal
   }
 
   createCustomField(name: string) {
@@ -848,6 +852,7 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
         this.customFieldsSelectionModel.items = customFields.results
         this.customFieldsSelectionModel.toggle(newCustomField.id)
       })
+    return modal
   }
 
   applyDelete() {