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Theme Search: Add an icon or button to indicate the trigger of the search #68527

Open epeicher opened 2 years ago

epeicher commented 2 years ago

After the deploy of https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/pull/68445, the search for themes is triggered by pressing Enter and that could be confusing to users that are used to search as you type functionality.

An icon, button or any other visual clue should be added to the Search input when searching on enter to indicate that that the user should press the button or press Enter to trigger the Search.

This link is a suggestion of potential functionality https://nikitahl.com/search-icon-inside-input

Related context can be found here

This will be similar in functionality to the following task for Plugins Search:

Related to #68445

cpapazoglou commented 2 years ago

@vinimotaa , @SaxonF we have the same experience in both /themes and /plugins where a search button is missing. Can you propose a quick solution here?

cpapazoglou commented 1 year ago

Related P2 pdh6GB-2Is-p2

epeicher commented 1 year ago

The related P2 changes pdh6GB-2Is-p2 will be implemented as part of the Marketplace Search:

After that PR is completed, this task could be progressed by Marvel team