[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26600: Search installed themes input has no submit button

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#26600: Search installed themes input has no submit button
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 Reporter:  grahamarmfield        |       Owner:  joedolson
     Type:  defect (bug)          |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                |   Milestone:  4.2
Component:  Themes                |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  normal                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-        |     Focuses:  accessibility, javascript
  feedback                        |
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Comment (by afercia):

 The theme installer "live" search has several issues that need someone
 more familiar with backbone and underscore than me. They probably will
 also require tweaking the wp.org API.
 Moreover, at this point of the release I'd say to do just little changes,
 I'm pretty sure we all agree on this.

 This ticket is about a different issue though, I'd say to open new tickets
 for the additional things we discovered here. Back to the point of this
 ticket, we should address the fact users don't ''"expect the results to be
 changed based on the characters they have entered."''

 In the refreshed patch, I'd propose to mention this in the Help tab and
 use the new string as target for `aria-describedby` set on the search
 input. Hope it's not too late for small translation strings changes.
 This way users will be at least informed these are "live" searches.

 About plurals:
 in a similar case, see the "per page" label in screen options #31349,
 we're now using a default label "Number of items per page:" and here, the
 current patch uses a very similar solution: 'Number of Themes found:'
 which should help to cover plurals.

 Of course we can iterate during 4.3 development but I'd say the latest
 patch is an improvement on the previous situation and would propose for
 commit consideration.


 Aside: did you know this? Just discovered in the theme installer you can
 search also for author and tag, just prepending 'author:' or 'tag:' to
 your search term.
 This will send a request for `author` or `tag` instead of a regular
 search. For example, type `author:automattic`
 Though this is mentioned in the Help tab, how users are supposed to
 actually know what to do? :)

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