snipe-it/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/user-select.blade.php

<div id="assigned_user" class="form-group{{ $errors->has($fieldname) ? ' has-error' : '' }}">

    {{ Form::label($fieldname, $translated_name, array('class' => 'col-md-3 control-label')) }}

    <div class="col-md-7{{  ((isset($required)) && ($required=='true')) ? ' required' : '' }}">
        <select class="js-data-ajax" data-endpoint="users" name="{{ $fieldname }}" style="width: 100%" id="assigned_user_select">
            @if ($user_id = Input::old($fieldname, (isset($item)) ? $item->{$fieldname} : ''))
                <option value="{{ $user_id }}" selected="selected">
                    {{ \App\Models\User::find($user_id)->present()->fullName }}
                </option>
            @else
                <option value="">{{ trans('general.select_user') }}</option>
            @endif
        </select>
    </div>

    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-1 text-left">
        @can('create', \App\Models\User::class)
            <a href='{{ route('modal.user') }}' data-toggle="modal"  data-target="#createModal" data-dependency="user" data-select='assigned_user_select' class="btn btn-sm btn-default">New</a>
        @endcan
    </div>

    {!! $errors->first($fieldname, '<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-3"><span class="alert-msg"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> :message</span></div>') !!}

</div>