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Improve and clarify the microcopy for the search field placeholder

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Created on 2 November 2022, over 1 year ago
Updated 25 February 2024, 4 months ago

Problem/Motivation

The placeholder text for the search field is sort of confusing: Module Name, Keyword(s), etc.. Module name is clear but what are keyword(s) in the context of Project Browser and what does etc refer to - which other options are available to search for that etc refers to (aka what is actually indexed and queryable)?
The only searches that lead to results were when i've searched for actual module names. But when I've searched for example for the core (experimental) category term there were actually no results (even with the option show all on each filter type). The placeholder text implies a lot of possibilities for potential queries but in reality even if i pick a word from a module description visible in one of the cards on the screen or a category there won't be any results?

*The issue spun off ✨ Change layout to make plugin-specific content more clear Fixed as a follow-up.

Steps to reproduce

- go to /admin/modules/browse
- take a look at the search fields placeholder text before you enter anything

Proposed resolution

Due to the questions in the problem/motivation section i was unable to come up with an appropriate suggestion yet.

Remaining tasks

  • ✅ File an issue about this project
  • ☐ Manual Testing
  • ☐ Code Review
  • ☐ Accessibility Review
  • ☐ Automated tests needed/written?
📌 Task
Status

Postponed

Version

1.0

Component

User experience

Created by

🇩🇪Germany rkoller Nürnberg, Germany

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  • Comment 9 months ago →
    🇺🇸United States chrisfromredfin Portland, Maine
  • Comment 5 months ago →
    🇮🇳India divya.sejekan

    Tested using MR!320 latest.
    The Placeholder text now changed to 'Enter Module name here' and is visible in the search filed

    Testing Steps
    - go to /admin/modules/browse
    - take a look at the search field placeholder text before you enter anything

    Keeping this in review state for approval

  • Status changed to RTBC 4 months ago
  • Comment 4 months ago →
    🇺🇸United States KurtTrowbridge

    Hello! I'm looking at this during Florida DrupalCamp 2024, and freshly installed Project Browser with the MR applied. The placeholder text appears as expected, both in the visual output of the search field and in the DOM as a placeholder attribute. Screenshot attached of the visual output.

    Going to mark this as RTBC. Thanks!

  • Status changed to Postponed 4 months ago
  • Comment 4 months ago →
    🇺🇸United States chrisfromredfin Portland, Maine

    I think we need to hold off on pushing this through, due to the nature of what's being searched *right now* versus what's going to be searched when there's a real Search API-backed instance running. "Module name" is good with the current mock situation, but we need to think about what this text should *actually* be against the live backend, and that we don't quite know yet.

    Though, I anticipate it would be project name & project description (title & body) at a minimum.

    I might suggest just "Keyword(s)..." as the placeholder, but I'm curious if that makes sense given what other folks do, and what some UI people think.

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