INT-939 🐛 saved connections lose auth specific values in UI

Author: rueckstiess

src/connect/behavior.js

@@ -108,12 +108,14 @@ module.exports = State.extend({
     switch (action) {
       case 'new connection clicked':
         newState = 'NEW_EMPTY';
+        view.message = '';
+        // create new connection first
+        view.connection = new Connection();
+        // the next lines will implicitly modify view.connection
         view.authMethod = 'NONE';
         view.sslMethod = 'NONE';
-        view.form.reset();
-        view.message = '';
-        view.connection = null;
         view.connectionName = '';
+        view.form.reset();
         break;
       case 'favorite connection clicked':
         newState = 'FAV_UNCHANGED';

src/connect/index.js

@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ var ConnectView = View.extend({
    */
   createNewConnection: function() {
     this.dispatch('new connection clicked');
-    this.connection = new Connection();
   },
 
   /**