When searching for a template in the Transclusion dialog, a list of possible matches is displayed which can be navigated using your keyboard. Pressing the Tab key on one of these should 'Select' the template for use rather than close the inspector.
==== Dropdown select
Tested at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PagesWithProp
Alternative native `select`: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/select (CodePen doesn't support IE 11, another alternative: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_select)
Procedure: tab into the select box, press space once to open the dropdown [2], press down arrow once, and then:
| //pressed key// | Opera 12 | Blink/Win | Chrome 83/Win+macOS | Firefox/Win+macOS | IE 11 | Saf | //OOUI v0.39.0// [4]
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tab | {icon times} | {icon check} | {icon times} | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon times} | {icon times}
| -- |
| Escape | {icon times} | {icon check} [5] | {icon check} | {icon check} [5] | {icon check} [5] | {icon times} | {icon times}
| -- |
| Space | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| -- |
| Enter | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon check}
| -- |
Legend: {icon check} = confirms choice, {icon times} = cancels choice, — = does nothing
==== Text input suggestions
Tested at: http://davidwalsh.name/demo/datalist.php
Procedure: tab into the search box, type 'Mo', press down arrow once, and then:
| //pressed key// | Opera 12 | Blink | Firefox | IE 11 | //OOUI//
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tab | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon times} | {icon times}
| -- |
| Escape | {icon check} [1] | {icon times} | {icon times} | {icon times} | {icon times}
| -- |
| Space | {icon check} [1] | {icon times} | {icon times} | {icon times} | {icon times}
| -- |
| Enter | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon check} | {icon check}
| -- |
Legend: {icon check} = confirms choice, {icon times} = cancels choice
[1] Opera 12 immediately places the suggestion into the text input. One can press the up arrow to cancel, in a way.
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Original task meta information:
**Author:** `adaml`
**Version**: unspecified
**Severity**: enhancement