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Completer.js: Ensure autosubmit is triggered if no suggestion is selected #355

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fix: autosubmit only if the suggestion is closed
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions asset/js/widget/Completer.js
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Expand Up @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ define(["../notjQuery"], function ($) {
constructor(input, instrumented = false) {
this.input = input;
this.instrumented = instrumented;
this.hasBeenManuallyChanged = false; // Flag to identify if the input has been manually changed.
this.selectionStartInput = null;
this.selectionActive = false;
this.mouseSelectionActive = false;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ define(["../notjQuery"], function ($) {

complete(input, value, data) {
$(input).focus({ scripted: true });
this.hasBeenManuallyChanged = false;

if (this.instrumented) {
if (! Object.keys(data).length) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -476,6 +478,17 @@ define(["../notjQuery"], function ($) {
}

onFocusOut(event) {
// Autosubmit when the user leaves the input without selecting a suggestion on manually changing the value.
// Only for non-instrumented mode — instrumented inputs (e.g. TermInput) handle
// autosubmit themselves via BaseInput.autoSubmit() with proper term data.
if (! this.instrumented && this.hasBeenManuallyChanged && this.shouldAutoSubmit()) {
this.hasBeenManuallyChanged = false;
let input = event.target;
setTimeout(() => {
$(input.form).trigger('submit', { submittedBy: input });
}, 250);
}

if (this.completedInput === null) {
// If there are multiple instances of Completer bound to the same suggestion container
// all of them try to handle the event. Though, only one of them is responsible and
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -712,6 +725,7 @@ define(["../notjQuery"], function ($) {

onInput(event) {
let input = event.target;
this.hasBeenManuallyChanged = true;

if (input.minLength > 0 && input.value.length < input.minLength) {
return;
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