Filters & Clearing Filters

[emilybrick]

This came up in response to: https://github.com/github/github/pull/107687 (also https://github.com/github/github/issues/106809)

Problem & Goal

We don't have an easily repeatable pattern for clearing filters across the site, which leaves people to create a custom solution when needed. It may be worth coming up with a consistent pattern here.

I think it might be worth including Filters/Clear Filters patterns in the design guidelines to help inform future design decisions.

Screenshots

PRs and Issues

File Diffs - Clear File Filters (Old)

File Diffs - Clear File Filters (Updated)**

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Thoughts & Q's

• how do we make it clear that filters have been selected if we're not using an input or any other indication that filters are being applied (like in the PRs/Issues pattern). For example, it's not that obvious that filters are applied the second image, the only difference is that the link changes to blue:

👇 no filters selected/applied 👇

👇 commit and file filters applied 👇