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Issue with inputing refference values

Open wiktorpyk opened this issue 6 months ago • 1 comments

Describe the current behavior

When entering a reference to another row, mouse hover on popup takes priority over value entered by keyboard (accidental mouse movements)

Steps to reproduce

1.Type in a refference value 2.hover over the popup with the cursor 3.press enter

Describe the expected behavior

Value entered by hand gets prioritized over mouse hover when using the enter key for confirmation

Where have you encountered this bug?

Instance information (when self-hosting only)

  • Grist instance:

    • Version: idk where to find it in the web interface
    • URL (if it's OK for you to share it):
    • Installation mode: docker
    • Architecture: single-worker
  • Browser name, version and platforms on which you could reproduce the bug:firefox

  • Link to browser console log if relevant:

  • Link to server log if relevant:

wiktorpyk avatar May 24 '25 11:05 wiktorpyk

Hi! Thanks for reporting this. The behavior is deliberate, and matches some other similar apps, but asking around it does seem to be a source of annoyance, for the reasons you describe. We're looking at options.

paulfitz avatar Jun 13 '25 15:06 paulfitz