diff --git a/application/ui.extkeywidget.class.inc.php b/application/ui.extkeywidget.class.inc.php
index 990ab5ecc..e743d919d 100644
--- a/application/ui.extkeywidget.class.inc.php
+++ b/application/ui.extkeywidget.class.inc.php
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ class UIExtKeyWidget
 			while ($oObj = $oAllowedValues->Fetch()) {
 				$aOption = [];
 				$aOption['value'] = $oObj->GetKey();
-				$aOption['label'] = $oObj->GetName();//.'<span class=\"object-ref-icon fas fa-eye-slash object-obsolete fa-1x fa-fw\"></span>';
+				$aOption['label'] = $oObj->GetName();
+				$aOption['search_label'] = utils::HtmlEntityDecode($oObj->GetName());
 
 				if (($oAllowedValues->Count() == 1) && ($bMandatory == 'true')) {
 					// When there is only once choice, select it by default
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ class UIExtKeyWidget
 			}
 			$sInputType = CmdbAbstractObject::ENUM_INPUT_TYPE_DROPDOWN_DECORATED;
 			$sHTMLValue .= "<select title=\"$sHelpText\" name=\"{$sAttrFieldPrefix}{$sFieldName}\" id=\"$this->iId\"  tabindex=\"0\"></select>";
-			$sJsonOptions = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', json_encode($aOptions));
+			$sJsonOptions = str_replace("'", "\'", str_replace('\\', '\\\\', json_encode($aOptions)));
 			$oPage->add_ready_script(
 				<<<EOF
 		oACWidget_{$this->iId} = new ExtKeyWidget('{$this->iId}', '{$this->sTargetClass}', '$sFilter', '$sTitle', true, $sWizHelper, '{$this->sAttCode}', $sJSSearchMode, $sJSDoSearch);
diff --git a/js/extkeywidget.js b/js/extkeywidget.js
index 9bd485260..dc0b46ec1 100644
--- a/js/extkeywidget.js
+++ b/js/extkeywidget.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Selectize.define('custom_itop', function(aOptions) {
 			original.apply(self);
 		}
 	})();
+
 	ManageScroll = function (self) {
 		let id = self.$input[0].id;
 		if (self.$input.scrollParent()[0].tagName != 'HTML') {
@@ -160,14 +161,14 @@ function ExtKeyWidget(id, sTargetClass, sFilter, sTitle, bSelectMode, oWizHelper
 			},
 			valueField: 'value',
 			labelField: 'label',
-			searchField: 'label',
+			searchField: 'search_label',
 			options: JSON.parse(options),
 			maxItems: 1,
 			copyClassesToDropdown: false,
 			inputClass: 'ibo-input ibo-input-select ibo-input-selectize',
 			// To avoid dropdown to be cut by the container's overflow hidden rule
 			dropdownParent: 'body',
-			onDropdownOpen: function(oDropdownElem){
+			onDropdownOpen: function (oDropdownElem) {
 				me.UpdateDropdownPosition(this.$control, oDropdownElem);
 			},
 		});