Combobox has issues when value bound

[pjebs]

I'm trying to allow users to add custom values to a Combobox. It is normal functionality of how a combobox should operate. Unforunatly Carbon doesn't allow it: carbon-design-system/carbon#6102

So as a workaround:

<script>
let newCharacterName = '';

</script>

<ComboBox
		  titleText="Name"
		  bind:value={newCharacterName}
		  items={[...]}
/>

It turns out that if newCharacterName is initially set to '', then Combobox will still show the first item in the list.
However, newCharacterName is still ''. This means that the user is confused.
The user has to drop down list selected another item AND then select the original item again for newCharacterName to properly reflect the value displayed by the comboBox.