RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.ReactNative
feat: Improve spotlight UX
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Description
Spotlight (RoomsListView and others search) takes too long to respond and has some awkward interactions with keyboard.
To be done
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Disable auto correct and init cap
- pay attention to test both on Android and iOS. Props are different.
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Refactor the debounce logic to return results faster
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Suggestion: create a mechanism to return results immediately (or almost) in case the search hits local db data only
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Test: log in as diego.mello2 and enter ninguem quickly. It’s going to take a few seconds to show the results.
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I think it might be requesting data right after realizing there’s not enough data locally.
- We could instead return the local data first and trigger the server request to fill the empty space later.
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Research direction
Start with RoomsListView and the other Spotlight search implementations, then reproduce the delayed results by entering “ninguем” quickly on both Android and iOS while logged in as diego.mello2. Review the debounce and local-database flow; done means autocorrect and capitalization are disabled per platform and local results appear promptly before any server request fills remaining space.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react-native, typescript
- Domain
- mobile, performance, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100