Search field for cities triggers keyboard on android on page load

[wo-ist-markt]

Search field for cities triggers keyboard on android on page load

[torfsen]

Interesting, that didn't happen for me (or I didn't notice it). I would prefer to disable the autofocus instead, otherwise we get the same problem again once we have enough cities to require a search box.

[dirkschumacher]

No wait. I checked it again. It does not happen on page load but when you click on the city option. There the auto focus happens.

[torfsen]

Ah, OK. Well that makes sense, I guess, because that's how dropdown controls with a search field work 😉 I think the problem here is that our dropdown control library (select2) uses the same UI approach on all platforms. I first used chosen which defaults to the built-in UI for mobile platforms and therefore would probably handle your problem better, but unfortunately chosen had other issues that I couldn't get around.

I see 3 approaches:

1. Keep the current state, because that's just how these controls work
2. Disable the select2 overlay control on mobile platforms, because the built-in UI is better
3. Use a dropdown-control library that doesn't have this problem (i.e. which uses approach 2)

I prefer approach 2 but that would require us to think about when and where we use the built-in UI (i.e. which devices, resolutions, etc.).

[johnjohndoe]

I am now closing this issue due to inactivity over the last years. If anyone is interested in the topic we can re-open it at any time. Thank you.