Clicking search tab should select search text

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    Every version update I make the same change to help usability.

    When .meta-box-search-field or the Search tab is clicked, I select the text in it. Focussing only gets you so far. Selecting the text makes it easy to type another search without first having to delete the previous one.

    Part of my changes were included in version 1.3, but not all of the change. Feel free to include the extra lines in the next version.

    jQuery(this).parents('.categorydiv').find('.meta-box-search-field').focus();
    jQuery(this).parents('.categorydiv').find('.meta-box-search-field').select();

    I put this at the end of two functions in categoriesTab.js:

    1. jQuery('body').on('click', '.search-tab', function(e){
    2. jQuery('body').on('click', '.meta-box-search-button', function(e){
    • This topic was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by msephton.
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