Page MenuHomePhabricator

feature request: option to focus search bar when opening app
Open, Needs TriagePublicFeature

Description

Feature summary (what you would like to be able to do and where):

i use the "Open app on Search tab" feature, but i wish the app opened with the search bar already focused and keyboard active. most likely, this would be an additional option, not changing the behavior of the existing one.

Use case(s) (list the steps that you performed to discover that problem, and describe the actual underlying problem which you want to solve. Do not describe only a solution):

having to tap the search icon in between opening the app and entering a query doesn't seem like a huge inconvenience, but it can be annoying. that extra tap just adds a little bit of friction to an action i do very frequently, which is grating.

Benefits (why should this be implemented?):

opening the keyboard to search immediately makes a common interaction flow smoother. it would reduce friction and annoyance.

Event Timeline

oh! the Wikipedia iOS app! i should've realized this tracker was for more than just it, whoops!

JTannerWMF subscribed.

We will work on Search soon and will revisit this task