Merge branch 'filter-bar-fix-ie' into 'master'

app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager.js

@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
         paths.push(`search=${sanitized}`);
       }
 
-      const parameterizedUrl = `?scope=all&utf8=✓&${paths.join('&')}`;
+      const parameterizedUrl = `?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&${paths.join('&')}`;
 
       gl.utils.visitUrl(parameterizedUrl);
     }

changelogs/unreleased/filter-bar-fix-ie.yml

+---
+title: Fixed filtered search not working in IE
+merge_request:
+author:

spec/javascripts/filtered_search/filtered_search_manager_spec.js

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const FilteredSearchSpecHelper = require('../helpers/filtered_search_spec_helper
     });
 
     describe('search', () => {
-      const defaultParams = '?scope=all&utf8=✓&state=opened';
+      const defaultParams = '?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened';
 
       it('should search with a single word', (done) => {
         input.value = 'searchTerm';