Remove Create option from initial suggestions

Addresses #18900 (comment) If we need to reinstate this functionality we can simply revert this commit.
WordPress · Feb 14, 2020 · c6cab25 · c6cab25
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diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/index.js
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ function LinkControl( {
 
 		const directLinkEntryTypes = [ 'url', 'mailto', 'tel', 'internal' ];
 		const isSingleDirectEntryResult = suggestions.length === 1 && directLinkEntryTypes.includes( suggestions[ 0 ].type.toLowerCase() );
-		const shouldShowCreateEntity = showCreateEntity && createEntity && ! isSingleDirectEntryResult;
+		const shouldShowCreateEntity = showCreateEntity && createEntity && ! isSingleDirectEntryResult && ! isInitialSuggestions;
 			: undefined;
 		const labelText = isInitialSuggestions
 			? __( 'Recently updated' )

diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/test/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/test/index.js
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ describe( 'Creating Entities (eg: Posts, Pages)', () => {
 		expect( currentLinkHTML ).toEqual( expect.stringContaining( '/?p=123' ) ); // slug
 	} );
 
-	it( 'should show option to create "blank" entity in initial suggestions (when input is empty)', async () => {
+	it( 'should show not show an option to create "blank" entity in initial suggestions (when input is empty)', async () => {
 		act( () => {
 			render(
 				<LinkControl
@@ -618,8 +618,7 @@ describe( 'Creating Entities (eg: Posts, Pages)', () => {
 
 		// Verify input has no value
 		expect( searchInput.value ).toBe( '' );
-		expect( createButton ).not.toBeNull();
-		expect( createButton.innerHTML ).toEqual( expect.stringContaining( 'Create new' ) );
+		expect( createButton ).toBeNull(); // shouldn't exist!
 	} );
 
 	it.each( [