--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2017/03/13 18:48:44	1.1276
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2017/03/21 23:13:17	1.1277
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1276 2017/03/13 18:48:44 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1277 2017/03/21 23:13:17 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -10102,10 +10102,12 @@ sub user_picker {
     &html_escape(\%html_lt);
     &js_escape(\%js_lt);
     my $domform;
+    my $allow_blank = 1;
     if ($fixeddom) {
-        $domform = &select_dom_form($currdom,'srchdomain',1,1,undef,[$currdom]);
+        $allow_blank = 0;
+        $domform = &select_dom_form($currdom,'srchdomain',$allow_blank,1,undef,[$currdom]);
     } else {
-        $domform = &select_dom_form($currdom,'srchdomain',1,1);
+        $domform = &select_dom_form($currdom,'srchdomain',$allow_blank,1);
     }
     my $srchinsel = ' <select name="srchin">';