palantir/blueprint

Allow selecting/copying out values from a Multi Select input

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#5275 opened on Apr 27, 2022

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P2Package: selectType: feature requesthelp wanted

Description

Feature request

It would be really helpful to be able to copy out filter values used in a Multi Select component , both as a ctrl-a ctrl-c keyboard operation and through selecting as text. The values could be copied out as a comma separated list.

Additionally, often times the specific combination of multiple filters is needed to be easily copy-and-pasted into another filter. Being able to paste values into another filter would be really helpful. In these cases where the property type is limited to a specific list, I've seen design patterns that show the tag as just free text (rather than validated tag) or show as a tag but display in a red error state to show that the validation failed.

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Tech stack
typescriptreactcsshtml
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
ReactTypeScriptClipboard API
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75
Research direction
Look at the MultiSelect component source in Blueprint's packages/select/src/components/multi select/ directory. Understand how tags are rendered and how selection currently works. To allow copying, consider enabling user select on the tag container and handling copy events. For pasting, parse comma separated values and add them as new tags. There are no existing PRs or comments on this issue.