Clear search filter in labels dropdown after someone hits enter key

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Changed title: Clear search filter in labels dropdown after someone hits entery key → Clear search filter in labels dropdown after someone hits enter key

enter key doesn't sound like a clear key to me. I think enter acts more as a search key. But i'm not sure what key would work better as esc closes the dropdown.

@iamphill Enter already selects the label. This issue is just about clearing filter field after selecting it.

@grzesiek ah yeah I understand. So enter select the value & then clear the filter field after.

Agreed with this suggestion. Just to visualize it:

Current flow

Suggested flow

The suggested flow is definitely more efficient. The only concern I can think of with the suggested flow is that if we clear the search term the moment you hit Enter, you might not see your selected label in the label list. However, we update the field above the dropdown with the list of labels, and I think with gitlab-foss#23008 (moved), feedback will be even more clear that you successfully added the label. So I believe this shouldn't be a problem.

I'll update the issue body with this. Let me know if there are other concerns or questions. Thanks!

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@awhildy Thanks for detailed analysis and screenshots

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@awhildy I always wondered why we don't show the applied labels at the top of the list. Maybe doing that could help with the list being reset after you hit Enter?

Good thought @cperessini! Yea - I briefly wondered if there was a reason for that, but didn't look into it. There might have been something about not wanting labels to jump around when you click on them to select them or not, but I'm not sure there is a real problem there. Just for another pair of UX eyes: @pedroms: do you see any concerns if we move selected labels to the top of the dropdown list? If not, I think we should go for it (though maybe we can open another issue for it to keep these issues small and focused )