Fix: Maintain search input focus after form submission#2163
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Problem:
When pressing Enter in the search input field, focus was lost after
the form was submitted and the Turbo Frame updated with search results.
This forced users to click back into the field to continue interacting
with the search.
Solution:
Added a turbo:frame-load event listener in the bar controller's
showModalAndSubmit method that automatically restores focus to the
search input after the Turbo Frame finishes loading the results.
The listener uses {once: true} to auto-cleanup after execution.
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Minor comment but 👍 to this one @italomatos thanks
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Could consider extracting a method #restoreFocusAfterTurboFrameLoads() to remove the comment and keep the showModalAndsubmit sentences working at the same level of abstraction.
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Thank you so much, @jorgemanrubia ! That makes a lot of sense. Thanks a lot for the review.
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Problem:
When pressing Enter in the search input field, focus was lost after the form was submitted and the Turbo Frame updated with search results. This forced users to click back into the field to continue interacting with the search.
Video: git push --set-upstream origin fix/maintain-search-input-focus-on-submit
https://jam.dev/c/982fcbfc-87a6-4bab-9c1a-a0628d54ed98
Solution:
Added a turbo:frame-load event listener in the bar controller's showModalAndSubmit method that automatically restores focus to the search input after the Turbo Frame finishes loading the results. The listener uses {once: true} to auto-cleanup after execution.