[$500] Request - App displays extra line below description when we use enter to save the description

[kbecciv]

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Action Performed:

1. Open the app
2. Open request money report or raise new request and open the report
3. Open description
4. Make some changes and press enter to save
5. Observe that app displays cursor in new line before saving the description

Expected Result:

App should not add new line on enter in description as enter is used to save the description

Actual Result:

App adds new line in description and also triggers save when we open description and use enter to save the description

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.74.0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Enter.to.save.description.add.new.line.mac.chrome.desktop.mov

Recording.4763.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @dhanashree-sawant
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1695464573868509

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @adelekennedy (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @alexpensify (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/8582 for more details.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @abdulrahuman5196 (External)

[micahelchan623]

Proposal

Please re-state the issue
App adds new line in description and also triggers save when we open description and use enter to save the description

What is the root cause of the problem?
The root cause of having an extra line added when pressing Enter in a TextInput component is the default behavior of multiline text inputs line. By default, when the Enter key is pressed, a newline character (\n) is inserted into the text input value, resulting in a new line being created.

What changes do you think should be made to fix this problem?
Options1. remove \n when on submit

 <EditRequestDescriptionPage
          defaultDescription={transactionDescription}
          onSubmit={(transactionChanges) => {
              // In case the comment hasn't been changed, do not make the API request.
              if (transactionChanges.comment.trim() === transactionDescription) {
                  Navigation.dismissModal();
                  return;
              }
              editMoneyRequest({comment: transactionChanges.comment.trim.()replace(/\n$/, '')}); // add code here
          }}
      />

P.S: depends on the scope, you can also remove the \n on Form to align the behavior across the app

What other alternative options did you explore? (Optional)

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[saranshbalyan-1234]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Upon pressing enter on the description, it enters a new line while submitting the form.

What is the root cause of that problem?

The root cause is we are not preventing th default functionality of enter button. We have just added a new functionality that enter button should do this over here.

App/src/components/FormSubmit/index.js

Lines 29 to 33 in e18ec42

	if (tagName === 'TEXTAREA' && lodashGet(event, 'target.dataset.submitOnEnter', 'false') === 'true') {
	onSubmit();
	return;
	}

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

The only change we have to do it to prevent the default functionality of the enter button which can be done easily by

    if (tagName === 'TEXTAREA' && lodashGet(event, 'target.dataset.submitOnEnter', 'false') === 'true') {
            event.preventDefault();
            onSubmit();
            return;
        }

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

N/A

[abdulrahuman5196]

Will review in couple of hours

[abdulrahuman5196]

@saranshbalyan-1234 's proposal here #28181 (comment) looks good and works well.

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C+ Reviewed

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @luacmartins, see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/7972 for more details.

[abdulrahuman5196]

Not overdue melvin. People would be just back from weekend. Anyways Pending review on @luacmartins

[saranshbalyan-1234]

@abdulrahuman5196 PR is ready to be reviewed. Please check

[saranshbalyan-1234]

Friendly bump to process payment for this issue

[abdulrahuman5196]

The PR that introduced the bug has been identified. Link to the PR:
The offending PR has been commented on, pointing out the bug it caused and why, so the author and reviewers can learn from the mistake. Link to comment:
A discussion in #expensify-bugs has been started about whether any other steps should be taken (e.g. updating the PR review checklist) in order to catch this type of bug sooner. Link to discussion:

Not a regression. Seems we found this issue now only.

Determine if we should create a regression test for this bug.
If we decide to create a regression test for the bug, please propose the regression test steps to ensure the same bug will not reach production again.

Minor bug and wouldn't be beneficial to add regression tests.

[abdulrahuman5196]

@adelekennedy Seems melvin didn't update this issue properly.
Seems the PR went to production 2 weeks back #28739 (comment)

Can we process the payments for this issue?

[adelekennedy]

Thank you for the bump!

Payouts due:

Issue Reporter: $50 @dhanashree-sawant
Contributor: $750 @saranshbalyan-1234
Contributor+: $750 @abdulrahuman5196

Eligible for 50% Y

Upwork job is here.

[abdulrahuman5196]

@adelekennedy Merge time is the one to consider for urgency bonus. This PR was merged in almost a day, so eligible for the bonus.

Applied in upwork.

[saranshbalyan-1234]

Not able to apply on Upwork, please send an offer

[dhanashree-sawant]

Hi @adelekennedy, on upwork, it says that offer is not available. can you resend it once?

[saranshbalyan-1234]

Hi @adelekennedy please have a look

[adelekennedy]

reposted the job here

[saranshbalyan-1234]

accepted

[saranshbalyan-1234]

@adelekennedy friendly bump for payment

[abdulrahuman5196]

Accepted invite @adelekennedy

[abdulrahuman5196]

Gentle ping @adelekennedy

[adelekennedy]

@abdulrahuman5196 On my end Upwork shows this contract as being paid and completed (with the bonus included)

[abdulrahuman5196]

@adelekennedy Sorry. I was looking at the old upwork contract. Got paid thank you.