Don't do a change event if value was not changed

packages/person-select/src/person-select.js

@@ -125,14 +125,16 @@ class PersonSelect extends VPULitElementJQuery {
                 }
             }
         }).on("select2:select", function (e) {
-            // set value custom element
+            // set custom element attributes
             const identifier = e.params.data.id;
-            $this.attr("value", identifier);
-            $this.val(identifier);
-
             const object = findObjectInApiResults(identifier, lastResult);
+
             $this.attr("data-object", JSON.stringify(object));
             $this.data("object", object);
+            $this.val(identifier);
+
+            if ($this.attr("value") !== identifier) {
+                $this.attr("value", identifier);
 
                 // fire a change event
                 that.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('change', {
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ class PersonSelect extends VPULitElementJQuery {
                     },
                     bubbles: true
                 }));
+            }
         });
 
         // preset a person