why list is opened by default if using inputSearchString
First of all thank you for that React component! There are not much alternatives!
Describe the bug Why list is opened by default if using inputSearchString & items props?
Codesandbox example inputSearchString
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Use inputSearchString
- supply items prop
- see that list is opened by default
Expected behavior if inputSearchString used - no need to open up the list. This "feature" has been introduced from version 7
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Ever got a solution for this?
It seems we don't have a solution yet. To add more problems to it, if you are using NextJS (mine is v14) and trying to handle this behaviour via javascript like removing the dropdown list from the DOM, then you will see below issue: