Text fields are auto-submitted before user have finished typing keywords

[simone960]

I have experienced this especially on mobile, I haven't finished typing it already start searching. Wondering if something can be done to improve this situation. I saw the issue posted and fixed. But it's for Drupal 8.

https://www.drupal.org/project/better_exposed_filters/issues/2921744

[yorkshire-pudding]

I've experienced this too. It also removes the focus from the text field.
I've had a look at the patch but I don't think this can be applied to the D7 module.

For D7/Backdrop, this actually seems to be a core issue rather than specific to BEF
Two possibilities:

backdrop/backdrop-issues#3166
The PR linked to this seems to work. I followed the advice to up to 250.
I created a new PR as it couldn't be patched
backdrop/backdrop#4643

It's fine on desktop but not great on mobile.

Next, I created a custom module with this hook in:

/**
 * Implements hook_form_alter().
 */
function mymodule_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  if ($form_id == 'views_exposed_form') {
    $form['fieldname']['#attributes']['class'] = array('autosubmit-exclude');
    $form['fieldname']['#description'] = t('Press enter to include the text filter.');
  }
}

This disables autosubmit for the text field and responds to enter. What you include in the description is up to you but I did feel it needed something.

[laryn]

@yorkshire-pudding Am I correct in understanding that the linked core issue will solve this when its merged? If so I may close this here just to keep the issue queue clean.

[yorkshire-pudding]

Hi @laryn. Yes, I have tested the diff from the latest PR (backdrop/backdrop#4653) against a view with BEF enabled and can confirm that the core fix will also fix this.