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Deep edit not enabled when typing characters in a cell with typeahead functionality

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#6,395 opened on Sep 15, 2017

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Description

I am trying to provide my business user the convenience of being able to navigate using tabs or arrows key with typeahead enabled for the columns. When the user navigates to a cell and type a character, the cell goes into edit mode but the user cannot use the arrow keys of the key board to select a value from set of the values shown using the typeahead editableCellTemplate. If the user navigates to a cell and types a character and then does a click on the cell, then the user can use arrow keys of the key board to select a value. I see the cell does not go into deep edit unless I click on the cell. Is there a way to make the cell go into deep edit without having the user to click on the cell again ?

The plunker http://plnkr.co/edit/Nv3jWoofg2rol5M6eUpk shows the issue.

Please let me know.

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angularjavascripthtmlcss
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AngularJSui grid editingtypeahead implementation
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Research direction
The issue describes a scenario where typing a character in a cell with typeahead does not trigger deep edit mode, requiring an additional click. The fix involves modifying the edit behavior to initiate deep edit on keydown in such cells. Relevant files are likely in the ui grid edit module (e.g., 'uiGridEditService.js' or cell renderer templates). The provided plunker (http://plnkr.co/edit/Nv3jWoofg2rol5M6eUpk) can be used to reproduce and test the behavior. Investigate how the edit mode is currently triggered and ensure that keydown events for printable characters also enable deep edit without requiring a mouse click.
Deep edit not enabled when typing characters in a cell with typeahead functionality · angular-ui/ui-grid#6395 | Good First Issue