Don't dispatch select event if no feature is selected or deselected

src/ol/interaction/selectinteraction.js

@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ ol.interaction.Select.handleEvent = function(mapBrowserEvent) {
   var features = this.featureOverlay_.getSource().getFeaturesCollection();
   var deselected = [];
   var selected = [];
-  var change = false;
   if (set) {
     // Replace the currently selected feature(s) with the feature(s) at the
     // pixel, or clear the selected feature(s) if there is no feature at
@@ -284,9 +283,8 @@ ol.interaction.Select.handleEvent = function(mapBrowserEvent) {
         }, this, this.layerFilter_);
     if (selected.length > 0 && features.getLength() == 1 &&
         features.item(0) == selected[0]) {
-      // No change
+      // No change; an already selected feature is selected again
     } else {
-      change = true;
       if (features.getLength() !== 0) {
         deselected = Array.prototype.concat(features.getArray());
         features.clear();
@@ -320,11 +318,8 @@ ol.interaction.Select.handleEvent = function(mapBrowserEvent) {
       features.remove(deselected[i]);
     }
     features.extend(selected);
-    if (selected.length > 0 || deselected.length > 0) {
-      change = true;
-    }
   }
-  if (change) {
+  if (selected.length > 0 || deselected.length > 0) {
     this.dispatchEvent(
         new ol.interaction.SelectEvent(ol.interaction.SelectEventType.SELECT,
             selected, deselected, mapBrowserEvent));

test/spec/ol/interaction/selectinteraction.test.js

@@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ describe('ol.interaction.Select', function() {
       expect(features.getLength()).to.equal(1);
     });
 
+    it('single-click outside the geometry', function() {
+      var listenerSpy = sinon.spy(function(e) {
+        expect(e.selected).to.have.length(1);
+      });
+      select.on('select', listenerSpy);
+
+      simulateEvent(ol.MapBrowserEvent.EventType.SINGLECLICK, -10, -10);
+
+      expect(listenerSpy.callCount).to.be(0);
+
+      var features = select.getFeatures();
+      expect(features.getLength()).to.equal(0);
+    });
+
+
     it('select with shift single-click', function() {
       var listenerSpy = sinon.spy(function(e) {
         expect(e.selected).to.have.length(1);