Hey, small UX suggestion for autocompleteMultiselect (and autocomplete).
When you've typed a long filter string and want to clear it, the only option right now is holding backspace until it's gone. Pressing ESC bails out of the prompt entirely, which loses the work in progress (any tab-toggled selections, etc).
Could ESC be made contextual? Something like:
- If the filter input has text → clear it
- If the filter input is already empty → cancel (current behavior)
This is what fzf does, and it's also how browser address bars and most "type-ahead" UIs handle it — a single ESC tap to clear is intuitive and saves you from holding backspace through a 30-character query you no longer want.
Backspace-per-char is fine for short stuff but starts to grate when you're refining filters across a long list. In my use case I'm pruning 150 git branches via autocompleteMultiselect, and being able to filter, tab a few items, clear, filter again would feel a lot more natural than holding backspace each time.
Happy to look at a PR if it's a direction you're open to. Mostly wanted to surface the suggestion first since changing ESC semantics could surprise people who rely on the current behavior.
Versions: @clack/prompts@1.2.0 / @clack/core@latest
Hey, small UX suggestion for
autocompleteMultiselect(andautocomplete).When you've typed a long filter string and want to clear it, the only option right now is holding backspace until it's gone. Pressing ESC bails out of the prompt entirely, which loses the work in progress (any tab-toggled selections, etc).
Could ESC be made contextual? Something like:
This is what fzf does, and it's also how browser address bars and most "type-ahead" UIs handle it — a single ESC tap to clear is intuitive and saves you from holding backspace through a 30-character query you no longer want.
Backspace-per-char is fine for short stuff but starts to grate when you're refining filters across a long list. In my use case I'm pruning 150 git branches via
autocompleteMultiselect, and being able to filter, tab a few items, clear, filter again would feel a lot more natural than holding backspace each time.Happy to look at a PR if it's a direction you're open to. Mostly wanted to surface the suggestion first since changing ESC semantics could surprise people who rely on the current behavior.
Versions:
@clack/prompts@1.2.0/@clack/core@latest