In February 2026, Christoffer Johansson developed and co-authored a new Open Status Event Emitter for the SmoothlyInputSelect component in the utily/smoothly repository. Using React and TypeScript, he engineered a solution that allows parent components to respond to dropdown visibility changes, improving observability and reducing reliance on polling. This feature streamlines integration with forms and complex UI blocks by surfacing open and close events, enabling more reactive user experiences. The implementation was delivered as a dedicated feature commit and laid the groundwork for future visibility-driven workflows, enhancing both testability and extensibility of dependent components within the codebase.