[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38211: Interference of AJAX search with input field auto-complete

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#38211: Interference of AJAX search with input field auto-complete
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 Reporter:  armandsdz          |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins            |    Version:  4.6
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 In WordPress 4.6 new feature was introduced in "Add Plugin" page - user
 input in "Search Plugin" field triggers AJAX search. That's great but it
 also makes browser's auto-complete of this field to disappear (at least in
 Chrome).
 Therefore it's difficult to select an already existing option of plugin
 name that browser's auto-complete offers because AJAX search gets
 triggered very soon after you type a letter in input field.
 So, in most cases I need to type full name of the plugin or try to select
 auto-complete option before AJAX gets triggered.

 I'm not sure what the solution for this would be but I don't think it's
 difficult to press Enter or tap Search button after you have written
 everything you wanted without system interfering with the process without
 user wanting it.
 In addition, the fact that button Search disappeared some time ago made it
 impossible to add a plugin on touch devices. I see that AJAX search
 perhaps tries to fix this but it breaks auto-complete as I mention above.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38211>
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