From T238809
As soon as a valid username or IP address is entered or the user picks a suggestion from the auto-complete suggester, the result set re-computes to exclude the user/IP as a target.
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| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declined | None | T247356 Auto submit filters form on Special:Investigate when multiselect input changes | |||
| Resolved | dbarratt | T238809 CU 2.0: Filters in the Compare tab |
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@dbarratt Are there any technical challenges to doing this as auto-submit? If so we can explore other design options too.
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@Niharika I think the main problem would be if the check user wanted to enter multiple targets to filter out, since a query would be performed after each user entered.
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As @Tchanders pointed out, I think it would be rather jarring to select an option, and then have the page refresh (and I suppose the filter form would collapse?).
To make a smoother experience, we could render the table with JavaScript, but that's a pretty big change from what we have now. It would involve building an API to get the data. This isn't a huge lift, but it seemed like a lot if all it was for was this feature.
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We could also give the user a submit button for the filters rather than the auto-submit. @Prtksxna What do you think?
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This would be ideal, especially once we have filtering from the rows (T240530). The page refresh would be too jarring in those cases.
Could we auto-submit once the field loses focus? Also can we remember if the filters form was open and keep it open even after the refresh?
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Yes. Although the user may not realize that they need to click outside of the form field in order for it to activate (refresh the page). Perhaps we could also provide a submit button?
Also can we remember if the filters form was open and keep it open even after the refresh?
Sure!
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I am feeling a bit conflicted about this. I wanted the filtering action to feel snappy but with the full page refresh I don't think that'll happen at the moment. Auto-submitting on blur makes the interaction slightly faster, but confusing too.
I think we can keep just the Submit button for now and no auto-submit at all as it might be more jarring than useful.