diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/view_dialogs/select_create_dialog.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/view_dialogs/select_create_dialog.js
index 43fbd7254a2..356ff8c4473 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/view_dialogs/select_create_dialog.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/view_dialogs/select_create_dialog.js
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ export class SelectCreateDialog extends Component {
     }
 
     get viewProps() {
-        let id;
-        const viewProps = {
+        return {
             ...this.baseViewProps,
             context: this.props.context,
             domain: this.props.domain,
@@ -36,14 +35,6 @@ export class SelectCreateDialog extends Component {
             searchViewId: this.props.searchViewId,
             type: this.env.isSmall ? "kanban" : "list",
         };
-        const context = this.props.context || {};
-        if (viewProps.type === "kanban") {
-            viewProps.forceGlobalClick = true;
-            id = context["kanban_view_ref"];
-        } else {
-            id = context["list_view_ref"] || context["tree_view_ref"];
-        }
-        return { ...viewProps, viewId: id || false };
     }
 
     async select(resIds) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/fields/many2many_field_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/fields/many2many_field_tests.js
index 43e539b2e17..8f56f04a870 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/fields/many2many_field_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/fields/many2many_field_tests.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
     click,
     clickEdit,
     clickSave,
+    clickOpenedDropdownItem,
     editInput,
     editSelect,
     getFixture,
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ import {
     patchWithCleanup,
 } from "@web/../tests/helpers/utils";
 import { editSearch, validateSearch } from "@web/../tests/search/helpers";
+import { AutoComplete } from "@web/core/autocomplete/autocomplete";
+import { Many2XAutocomplete } from "@web/views/fields/relational_utils";
 
 let target;
 let serverData;
@@ -1821,4 +1824,49 @@ QUnit.module("Fields", (hooks) => {
         await click(target.querySelector(".oe_kanban_global_click"));
         assert.verifySteps(["doActionButton type object name a1"]);
     });
+
+    QUnit.test("select create with _view_ref as text", async (assert) => {
+        serverData.views = {
+            "partner_type,my.little.string,list": `<tree><field name="display_name"/></tree>`,
+            "partner_type,false,search": `<search />`,
+        };
+
+        patchWithCleanup(AutoComplete, {
+            timeout: 0,
+        });
+
+        patchWithCleanup(Many2XAutocomplete.defaultProps, {
+            searchLimit: 1,
+        });
+
+        let checkGetViews = false;
+        await makeView({
+            type: "form",
+            resId: 1,
+            resModel: "partner",
+            serverData,
+            arch: `
+                <form>
+                    <field name="timmy" widget="many2many_tags" context="{ 'tree_view_ref': 'my.little.string' }"/>
+                </form>`,
+            mockRPC(route, args) {
+                if (args.method === "get_views" && checkGetViews) {
+                    assert.step("get_views");
+                    assert.deepEqual(args.kwargs.views, [
+                        [false, "list"],
+                        [false, "search"],
+                    ]);
+                    assert.strictEqual(args.kwargs.context.tree_view_ref, "my.little.string");
+                }
+            },
+        });
+        await clickEdit(target);
+        await click(target, ".o_field_many2many_selection input");
+        checkGetViews = true;
+        await clickOpenedDropdownItem(target, "timmy", "Search More...");
+        assert.verifySteps([`get_views`]);
+
+        assert.containsOnce(target, ".modal");
+        assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector(".modal-title").textContent, "Search: pokemon");
+    });
 });