[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:  Future
Component:  Plugins                              |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  4.6
 Keywords:  ux-feedback uniform-search has-      |  Resolution:
  patch needs-testing                            |     Focuses:  ui,
                                                 |  accessibility
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Comment (by armandsdz):

 Great observation!
 That is probably the thing that is annoying - that everything starts to
 move and search as soon as you enter the first character.
 In addition, when I enter, for example, "w", it starts the search and
 return no results.
 If search would be triggered after three or so characters, user would have
 a chance to choose something from auto-complete list if desired. Or just
 finish typing what's intended.

 In essence, at this point this ajax search is not fast and not unobtrusive
 enough to be ok that it gets triggered so early.

 Replying to [comment:12 finalwebsites]:
 > It would help if the live-search feature would start searching after
 entering 3 or more characters. Or better give the user an option to enter
 a number of minimum chars.
 > The problem is not the autocomplete feature, the live-search starts to
 fast (after entering a single character)

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38211#comment:13>
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