diff --git a/resources/js/components/projects/UserSelectDropdown.vue b/resources/js/components/projects/UserSelectDropdown.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79d7d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/js/components/projects/UserSelectDropdown.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { Check, ChevronDown, UserRound } from 'lucide-vue-next';
+import { computed } from 'vue';
+import UserAvatar from '@/components/ui/avatar/UserAvatar.vue';
+import {
+    DropdownMenu,
+    DropdownMenuContent,
+    DropdownMenuItem,
+    DropdownMenuTrigger,
+} from '@/components/ui/dropdown-menu';
+import type { UserSelectDropdownEmits, UserSelectDropdownProps } from '@/types';
+
+const props = withDefaults(defineProps<UserSelectDropdownProps>(), {
+    emptyLabel: 'Unassigned',
+});
+
+const emit = defineEmits<UserSelectDropdownEmits>();
+
+const normalizedValue = computed(() => String(props.modelValue ?? ''));
+const selectedUser = computed(
+    () =>
+        props.users.find((user) => String(user.id) === normalizedValue.value) ??
+        null,
+);
+
+const selectUser = (value: string): void => {
+    if (!props.editable || value === normalizedValue.value) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const nextValue = value === '' ? '' : Number(value);
+
+    emit('update:modelValue', nextValue);
+    emit('commit', nextValue);
+};
+</script>
+
+<template>
+    <DropdownMenu v-if="editable">
+        <DropdownMenuTrigger as-child>
+            <button
+                type="button"
+                class="focus-visible:ring-ring/50 data-[state=open]:bg-primary/[0.08] data-[state=open]:text-primary hover:bg-primary/[0.055] hover:text-primary group -mx-1 flex min-h-7 w-[calc(100%+0.5rem)] items-center gap-2 rounded px-1 text-left text-sm font-medium outline-none transition-colors focus-visible:ring-[3px]"
+                :aria-label="`Select ${label}`"
+            >
+                <UserAvatar
+                    v-if="selectedUser"
+                    :user="selectedUser"
+                    class="size-6 shrink-0"
+                />
+                <span
+                    v-else
+                    class="border-outline-variant bg-surface-container-high text-muted-foreground flex size-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border"
+                >
+                    <UserRound class="size-3.5" />
+                </span>
+                <span class="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate">
+                    {{ selectedUser?.name ?? emptyLabel }}
+                </span>
+                <ChevronDown
+                    class="text-muted-foreground size-3.5 shrink-0 transition-transform group-data-[state=open]:rotate-180"
+                />
+            </button>
+        </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+
+        <DropdownMenuContent
+            align="end"
+            :side-offset="6"
+            class="w-(--reka-dropdown-menu-trigger-width) min-w-64 rounded p-1"
+        >
+            <DropdownMenuItem
+                class="hover:bg-primary/[0.04] focus:bg-primary/[0.08] cursor-pointer gap-2.5 rounded px-2 py-2"
+                :class="
+                    normalizedValue === ''
+                        ? 'bg-primary/[0.055] text-primary'
+                        : ''
+                "
+                @select="selectUser('')"
+            >
+                <span
+                    class="border-outline-variant bg-surface-container-high text-muted-foreground flex size-7 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border"
+                >
+                    <UserRound class="size-3.5" />
+                </span>
+                <span class="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate font-medium">
+                    {{ emptyLabel }}
+                </span>
+                <Check
+                    v-if="normalizedValue === ''"
+                    class="text-primary size-4 shrink-0"
+                />
+            </DropdownMenuItem>
+
+            <DropdownMenuItem
+                v-for="user in users"
+                :key="user.id"
+                class="hover:bg-primary/[0.04] focus:bg-primary/[0.08] cursor-pointer gap-2.5 rounded px-2 py-2"
+                :class="
+                    normalizedValue === String(user.id)
+                        ? 'bg-primary/[0.055] text-primary'
+                        : ''
+                "
+                @select="selectUser(String(user.id))"
+            >
+                <UserAvatar :user="user" class="size-7 shrink-0" />
+                <span class="min-w-0 flex-1">
+                    <span class="block truncate font-medium">
+                        {{ user.name }}
+                    </span>
+                    <span
+                        v-if="user.email"
+                        class="text-muted-foreground block truncate text-[11px]"
+                    >
+                        {{ user.email }}
+                    </span>
+                </span>
+                <Check
+                    v-if="normalizedValue === String(user.id)"
+                    class="text-primary size-4 shrink-0"
+                />
+            </DropdownMenuItem>
+        </DropdownMenuContent>
+    </DropdownMenu>
+
+    <div
+        v-else
+        class="flex min-h-7 min-w-0 items-center gap-2 text-sm font-medium"
+    >
+        <UserAvatar
+            v-if="selectedUser"
+            :user="selectedUser"
+            class="size-6 shrink-0"
+        />
+        <span
+            v-else
+            class="border-outline-variant bg-surface-container-high text-muted-foreground flex size-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border"
+        >
+            <UserRound class="size-3.5" />
+        </span>
+        <span class="truncate">{{ selectedUser?.name ?? emptyLabel }}</span>
+    </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/resources/js/pages/projects/Ticket.vue b/resources/js/pages/projects/Ticket.vue
index 4d3010c..f18333a 100644
--- a/resources/js/pages/projects/Ticket.vue
+++ b/resources/js/pages/projects/Ticket.vue
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import AcceptanceCriteriaEditor from '@/components/projects/AcceptanceCriteriaEd
 import InlineSaveStatus from '@/components/projects/InlineSaveStatus.vue';
 import InlineTextEditor from '@/components/projects/InlineTextEditor.vue';
 import ProjectTabs from '@/components/projects/ProjectTabs.vue';
+import UserSelectDropdown from '@/components/projects/UserSelectDropdown.vue';
 import TicketTreeList from '@/components/TicketTreeList.vue';
-import UserAvatar from '@/components/ui/avatar/UserAvatar.vue';
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 
@@ -185,16 +185,6 @@ const currentTicketPriority = computed(
                 ticketPriority.id === Number(form.ticket_priority_id),
         ) ?? props.ticket.ticket_priority,
 );
-const currentAssignee = computed(
-    () =>
-        props.users.find((user) => user.id === Number(form.assignee_user_id)) ??
-        null,
-);
-const currentAuthor = computed(
-    () =>
-        props.users.find((user) => user.id === Number(form.author_user_id)) ??
-        null,
-);
 const currentParentTicketOption = computed(
     () =>
         props.parentTicketOptions.find(
@@ -853,57 +843,16 @@ const formatDateTime = (value: string): string => {
                                 >Assignee</span
                             >
                             <div class="min-w-0">
-                                <select
-                                    v-if="
-                                        activeSelectField === 'assignee_user_id'
-                                    "
+                                <UserSelectDropdown
                                     v-model="form.assignee_user_id"
-                                    autofocus
-                                    class="border-input bg-background focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-ring/50 w-full rounded border px-2 py-1.5 text-sm outline-none focus-visible:ring-[3px]"
-                                    @change="
+                                    :users="users"
+                                    :editable="canEditTicket"
+                                    label="Assignee"
+                                    empty-label="Unassigned"
+                                    @commit="
                                         commitSelectField('assignee_user_id')
                                     "
-                                    @blur="activeSelectField = null"
-                                >
-                                    <option value="">Unassigned</option>
-                                    <option
-                                        v-for="user in users"
-                                        :key="user.id"
-                                        :value="user.id"
-                                    >
-                                        {{ user.name }}
-                                    </option>
-                                </select>
-                                <button
-                                    v-else-if="canEditTicket"
-                                    type="button"
-                                    class="hover:text-primary focus-visible:ring-ring flex min-h-7 w-full items-center gap-2 rounded text-left text-sm font-medium outline-none focus-visible:ring-2"
-                                    @click="
-                                        activeSelectField = 'assignee_user_id'
-                                    "
-                                >
-                                    <UserAvatar
-                                        v-if="currentAssignee"
-                                        :user="currentAssignee"
-                                        class="size-6"
-                                    />
-                                    <span class="truncate">{{
-                                        currentAssignee?.name ?? 'Unassigned'
-                                    }}</span>
-                                </button>
-                                <div
-                                    v-else
-                                    class="flex min-h-7 items-center gap-2 text-sm font-medium"
-                                >
-                                    <UserAvatar
-                                        v-if="currentAssignee"
-                                        :user="currentAssignee"
-                                        class="size-6"
-                                    />
-                                    <span class="truncate">{{
-                                        currentAssignee?.name ?? 'Unassigned'
-                                    }}</span>
-                                </div>
+                                />
                                 <InlineSaveStatus
                                     :state="saveStateFor('assignee_user_id')"
                                     :error="errorFor('assignee_user_id')"
@@ -1034,58 +983,16 @@ const formatDateTime = (value: string): string => {
                                 >Author</span
                             >
                             <div class="min-w-0">
-                                <select
-                                    v-if="
-                                        activeSelectField ===
-                                            'author_user_id' && canEditAuthor
-                                    "
+                                <UserSelectDropdown
                                     v-model="form.author_user_id"
-                                    autofocus
-                                    class="border-input bg-background focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-ring/50 w-full rounded border px-2 py-1.5 text-sm outline-none focus-visible:ring-[3px]"
-                                    @change="
+                                    :users="users"
+                                    :editable="canEditAuthor"
+                                    label="Author"
+                                    empty-label="No author"
+                                    @commit="
                                         commitSelectField('author_user_id')
                                     "
-                                    @blur="activeSelectField = null"
-                                >
-                                    <option value="">No author</option>
-                                    <option
-                                        v-for="user in users"
-                                        :key="user.id"
-                                        :value="user.id"
-                                    >
-                                        {{ user.name }}
-                                    </option>
-                                </select>
-                                <button
-                                    v-else-if="canEditAuthor"
-                                    type="button"
-                                    class="hover:text-primary focus-visible:ring-ring flex min-h-7 w-full items-center gap-2 rounded text-left text-sm font-medium outline-none focus-visible:ring-2"
-                                    @click="
-                                        activeSelectField = 'author_user_id'
-                                    "
-                                >
-                                    <UserAvatar
-                                        v-if="currentAuthor"
-                                        :user="currentAuthor"
-                                        class="size-6"
-                                    />
-                                    <span class="truncate">{{
-                                        currentAuthor?.name ?? 'No author'
-                                    }}</span>
-                                </button>
-                                <div
-                                    v-else
-                                    class="flex min-h-7 items-center gap-2 text-sm font-medium"
-                                >
-                                    <UserAvatar
-                                        v-if="currentAuthor"
-                                        :user="currentAuthor"
-                                        class="size-6"
-                                    />
-                                    <span class="truncate">{{
-                                        currentAuthor?.name ?? 'No author'
-                                    }}</span>
-                                </div>
+                                />
                                 <InlineSaveStatus
                                     :state="saveStateFor('author_user_id')"
                                     :error="errorFor('author_user_id')"
@@ -1167,66 +1074,20 @@ const formatDateTime = (value: string): string => {
                                 "
                                 class="min-w-0"
                             >
-                                <select
-                                    v-if="
-                                        activeSelectField ===
-                                        `field-${ticketFieldDefinition.id}`
-                                    "
+                                <UserSelectDropdown
                                     v-model="
                                         form.field_values[index].value_user_id
                                     "
-                                    autofocus
-                                    class="border-input bg-background focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-ring/50 w-full rounded border px-2 py-1.5 text-sm outline-none focus-visible:ring-[3px]"
-                                    @change="
+                                    :users="users"
+                                    :editable="canEditTicket"
+                                    :label="ticketFieldDefinition.label"
+                                    empty-label="Unassigned"
+                                    @commit="
                                         commitSelectField(
                                             `field-${ticketFieldDefinition.id}`,
                                         )
                                     "
-                                    @blur="activeSelectField = null"
-                                >
-                                    <option value="">Unassigned</option>
-                                    <option
-                                        v-for="user in users"
-                                        :key="user.id"
-                                        :value="user.id"
-                                    >
-                                        {{ user.name }}
-                                    </option>
-                                </select>
-                                <button
-                                    v-else-if="canEditTicket"
-                                    type="button"
-                                    class="hover:text-primary focus-visible:ring-ring min-h-7 w-full truncate rounded text-left text-sm font-medium outline-none focus-visible:ring-2"
-                                    @click="
-                                        activeSelectField = `field-${ticketFieldDefinition.id}`
-                                    "
-                                >
-                                    {{
-                                        users.find(
-                                            (user) =>
-                                                user.id ===
-                                                Number(
-                                                    form.field_values[index]
-                                                        .value_user_id,
-                                                ),
-                                        )?.name ?? 'Unassigned'
-                                    }}
-                                </button>
-                                <p
-                                    v-else
-                                    class="min-h-7 truncate text-sm font-medium"
-                                >
-                                    {{
-                                        users.find(
-                                            (user) =>
-                                                user.id ===
-                                                Number(
-                                                    form.field_values[index]
-                                                        .value_user_id,
-                                                ),
-                                        )?.name ?? 'Unassigned'
-                                    }}
-                                </p>
+                                />
                                 <InlineSaveStatus
                                     :state="
                                         saveStateFor(
diff --git a/resources/js/types/index.ts b/resources/js/types/index.ts
index 9f91ca0..80e4850 100644
--- a/resources/js/types/index.ts
+++ b/resources/js/types/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from './page-props';
 export * from './project-navigation';
 export * from './ticket-inline-edit';
 export * from './ui';
+export * from './user-select-dropdown';
diff --git a/resources/js/types/user-select-dropdown.ts b/resources/js/types/user-select-dropdown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88049a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/js/types/user-select-dropdown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import type { UserModel } from '@/types/models/user-model';
+
+export type UserSelectDropdownValue = number | string | null;
+
+export type UserSelectDropdownProps = {
+    editable: boolean;
+    emptyLabel?: string;
+    label: string;
+    modelValue: UserSelectDropdownValue;
+    users: UserModel[];
+};
+
+export type UserSelectDropdownEmits = {
+    commit: [value: number | string];
+    'update:modelValue': [value: number | string];
+};