DataTable Dropdown Text Deletion Issue
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Description
Issue: When attempting to delete text entered into the Dropdown component within the DataTable, the behavior is inconsistent. Sometimes, pressing the backspace or delete buttons will remove the entered letter, while other times, it results in the removal of the entire row. Additionally, there are instances where pressing the delete buttons does not delete anything at all. This erratic behavior has been observed both locally and on the official Dash documentation website.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the deletion behavior on the DataTable dropdown example at https://dash.plotly.com/datatable/dropdowns, testing backspace and delete in the affected cell. Trace the DataTable dropdown implementation and its existing tests, then verify that editing text removes only the intended characters and never removes the row or does nothing.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100