Dropdown autocloses

  • Resolved joncon62

    (@joncon62)


    2 months ago

    I love this plugin, it is one of the most useful plugins I use in my code development, thanks for this! There is one rather annoying bug though I would love you to fix. When I open the big dropdown that shows the roles and users, when I type information into the ‘Search By’ box, I find the dropdown will just close for no reason while I’m typing. This has been a bug ever since I started using the plugin, ie many years, over many different themes, wordpress installs and other mix of plugins, so probably not a conflict. It does seem a bit random when this happens, I’m wondering if there’s a refresh that goes wrong and just closes the box? Any ideas?

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  • Plugin Author Jory Hogeveen

    (@keraweb)

    2 months ago

    Hi @joncon62

    Thank you for your inquiry and I am fully aware of this and it even bugs me too haha.

    Unfortunately, the WordPress Toolbar (AdminBar) which I for this plugin has it’s hover-logic within core. So what happens on hover is handled by WordPress core, not my plugin.

    It seems that this utility is not fully supporting input elements (search fields for example). When you click on such a field it somehow loses focus on the parent menu and the hover utility code hides it.
    I believe there was a discussion about it years ago but didn’t get priority because Gutenberg took over.

    I prefer not to fully rebuilt it all with my own code because I’d like to keep it simple and in line with WordPress core, especially since this is a free plugin without premium options or any form of budget.
    In case my own annoyance with it becomes to big I might give it a shot but for now I consider it a minor usability bug, not even caused by my plugin.

    Cheers, Jory

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