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Removing 'search' unused query selector

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
85/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
javascript, jekyll
Domain
frontend, search

Research direction

In assets/js/current-projects.js, locate the two #search selectors named in the issue and remove them from the selector lists. Then test searches in desktop and mobile views on the Projects and Projects-Check pages, using Chrome DevTools device mode for mobile if helpful. Done means searches still work in both views on both pages.

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Description

Complexity: Small non-PR contribution P-Feature: Projects page ready for merge team role: back end/devOps size: 0.25pt
Overview

We need to remove query selectors for 'search' since there is no existing id for 'search' in '_includes/current-projects.html'

Action Items

  • locate the 2 instances of 'document.querySelector('#search')' in 'assets/js/current-projects.js'

  • make the following revisions to 'asstes/js/current-projects.js'
    Before:

    const allInputEl = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('#search-desktop, #search-mobile, #search'));

    After removing #search:

    const allInputEl = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('#search-desktop, #search-mobile'));

    Before:

    function searchCloseEventHandler(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    const input = document.querySelector('#search-desktop') || document.querySelector('#search-mobile') || document.querySelector('#search');
    if (input) input.value="";
}

    After removing document.querySelector('#search'):

    function searchCloseEventHandler(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    const input = document.querySelector('#search-desktop') || document.querySelector('#search-mobile');
    if (input) input.value="";
}

  • test and verify that the changes still work by performing a search in both mobile and desktop views on the Projects and Projects-Check pages

Resources/Instructions

Tutorial on Chrome's Dev Tools to test for mobile views: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/device-mode

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