Search Button/Enter functionality adjustment
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Search Button/Enter functionality adjustment
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by DeliriousJax
accepted
search bar functionality articles content
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
When hitting "Enter" or "Return" on some devices, and without a proper "Search" button prompt in the search functionality, the first most relevant item is highlighted and so will be selected *instead* of bringing you to a search results screen. Instead you are brought to the first suggested article, making it harder to compare or search broader with the search result page. It is possible to get to the search page on some devices where this happens, but you basically have to hit Enter the moment you hit the last letter in your search before the drop down suggestions pop up. For example, when searching the word "War", if you allow the suggestions drop down under the search bar to pop up on a tablet laptop hybrid (where I discovered this is an issue), about 7 articles are shown suggested under the search bar before you hit "Enter". The first suggestion is auto highlighted, therefore, when you hit "Enter" to search the articles, you will simply be forcibly taken to that hightlight article, not a search results page.How does this feature request address the current situation?
Adding a "Search" button next to the search bar, or changing the drop down suggestions which appear while you are typing to NOT highlight the first suggestion will allow people to go to a general search results page and browse and compare article search results side by side.What are other uses for this feature request?
Article comparison and cross-referencing items of similar events.The Team's Response
Hi! Thanks for the suggestion—a future update will address this issue, although probably not in the exact way you suggested. Accepted!
Current score
28/300 Votes · +6304 points
Votes Cast
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+100
by that_guy04
on 2023-06-20 00:02 -
+300
by phork37
on 2023-06-19 13:17 -
+100
by Roaming Valkyrie
on 2023-06-18 21:40 -
+300
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+300
by GermanicNomad
on 2023-06-18 15:06 -
+1
by cow2face
on 2023-06-18 10:29 -
+300
by HunterChristmas1247
on 2023-06-17 16:21 -
+100
by Alishahr
on 2023-06-15 18:42 -
+300
by A Frightened Kobold
on 2023-06-12 17:03 -
+300
by Gate Keeper
on 2023-06-12 05:50 -
+300
by MHBiscup
on 2023-06-11 03:21I can only reach the search results page when my internet is too slow to give me the drop down. I've learned to live with it, but it would be nice to be able to consistently reach the search results page. I know I can work around it with a search on the backend, but my readers can't.
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+300
by JoellaKay
on 2023-06-10 19:18 -
+300
by RivaliChaos
on 2023-06-10 14:09 -
+300
by Beowulf68
on 2023-06-08 21:55 -
+300
by barriesaxxy
on 2023-06-08 06:52 -
+300
by xSpazztic
on 2023-06-07 22:11 -
+300
by Cailus
on 2023-06-06 09:08 -
+300
by Dalf32
on 2023-06-06 01:17 -
+300
by JetpackMonkey
on 2023-06-04 19:19 -
+100
by Txravis
on 2023-06-03 02:15 -
+100
by LittleSister
on 2023-06-01 08:50 -
+300
by illumiinae
on 2023-05-31 21:52 -
+1
by A Mischievous Dimensional Horror
on 2023-05-31 15:32yeah current search is weird, you can't middle click it and it also sometimes insta navigates to the currently hovered result
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+1
by LoreParmenter
on 2023-05-31 04:07 -
+100
by Scalenex
on 2023-05-31 02:27 -
+1
by SebGreg732
on 2023-05-31 00:22 -
+300
by A Sneaky Orc
on 2023-05-30 21:25 -
+300
by SoulLink
on 2023-05-30 21:10 -
+300
by DeliriousJax
on 2023-05-30 16:08
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