DYN-9089: Open dropdown on first text input hit #16379
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Pull Request Overview
This PR enables the autocomplete dropdown to open on the very first character typed into the search box rather than only when results are populated.
- Added a
PreviewTextInputhandler in the view to open the dropdown and seed the first character. - Wired that handler in XAML on the window.
- Removed the previous always-open logic from
PopulateAutoCompletein the view model.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| src/NodeAutoCompleteViewExtension/Views/NodeAutoCompleteBarView.xaml.cs | Added NodeAutoCompleteBarView_PreviewTextInput to open the dropdown on first text input. |
| src/NodeAutoCompleteViewExtension/Views/NodeAutoCompleteBarView.xaml | Hooked up PreviewTextInput event on the window. |
| src/NodeAutoCompleteViewExtension/ViewModels/NodeAutoCompleteBarViewModel.cs | Removed unconditional IsDropDownOpen = true in PopulateAutoComplete. |
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src/NodeAutoCompleteViewExtension/Views/NodeAutoCompleteBarView.xaml.cs:344
- Add unit or automated UI tests for this new
PreviewTextInputhandler to verify that the dropdown opens correctly on the first character input and that subsequent characters append as expected.
if(ViewModel != null && ViewModel.HasUnfilteredResults && !ViewModel.IsDropDownOpen)
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this works awesome and exactly as I would expect as a Dynamo user.
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Open dropdown on first text input hit
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Open dropdown on first text input hit
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