Weight dropdown not stay selected issue

What does this MR do?

Resolve Weight dropdown does not stay selected issue in issue filter form

Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?

Probably Not

Why was this MR needed?

This issue resolves #1157 (closed)

Screenshots (if relevant)

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

• CHANGELOG entry added
• Documentation created/updated
• API support added
• Tests
  • Added for this feature/bug
  • All builds are passing
• Conform by the merge request performance guides
• Conform by the style guides
• Branch has no merge conflicts with master (if it does - rebase it please)
• Squashed related commits together

What are the relevant issue numbers?

Closes #1157 (closed)