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>> If an option is highlighted, never change it, even if new data is loaded >I don't get this one. If I have the second item selected, and search for a complet
by jakobegger 8y ago
>> If an option is highlighted, never change it, even if new data is loaded
>I don't get this one. If I have the second item selected, and search for a completely new term, should the item remain wedged in the new results at the same position?
I think the author means "never change it without user input". The problem is that Autocomplete is often slow, so developers load suggestions asynchronously, and may update suggestions shown to the user after better suggestions have been loaded.
If a suggestion was already highlighted at that point, the system should not change it, to avoid the case where the user tries to commit a suggestion, but the system changes it just before the user hits the key to commit the suggestion.
- k_ 8y agoYeah. I get that all the time with vivaldi address bar and it's driving me insane =/ Edit: and I have disabled both frequently visited pages and search there, but it still manages to reorder things after a couple seconds
- ricardobeat 8y agoOh yes, I can relate to that - iOS system search is always pulling the rug on me and making me click random apps / web search results. This can be solved by clearly indicating that new results are loading, or deactivating the current items.
- m463 8y agospeaking of slow autocomplete - there is one mac app (omnifocus) I use where autocomplete will become busy and beachball after a few characters and it does this every time. Do not block autocomplete, especially when you're just starting to type. I would be good with having a delay before autocomplete kicks in rather than that.