Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE added a comment.

  > In T281669#7051847 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281669#7051847>, 
@Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE wrote:
  >
  >> I guess we could try to enable the “publish” button earlier, and then 
saving would just take longer (because it would now wait for that parse API 
request to complete), but that doesn’t sound like a good idea for all 
datatypes: e.g. for item-type properties, I don’t think we want to let users 
enter an arbitrary string, press Enter immediately, and just hope that the 
right item will be selected…
  >
  > For me this is most notable exactly for item-type properties, where the 
delay between choosing the item you want from the dropdown list (because you 
always have to explicitly choose one) and the publish button being enabled 
feels very long. And since you have to explicitly choose one, i don't think 
"keyboard smashing" + Enter would be a big issue?
  
  Hm, indeed there’s one more `wbparsevalue` and two `wbformatvalue` requests 
after selecting an item from the dropdown. That does seem superfluous :/

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