feat: [search] escape to clear, focus return, onClear event, type="search" by Shreyag02 · Pull Request #932 · raystack/apsara

Shreyag02 · 2026-09-30T04:02:15Z

Summary

Escape clears the input when it has a value and is not disabled, readOnly, or composing. It stops propagation only then, so Escape on an empty input still closes an enclosing Dialog, Popover, or Menu. It works with or without showClearButton.
onClear receives the click or keydown event. After a clear, focus returns to the input, because the clear button hides once the input is empty.
The input defaults to type="search" (role searchbox), and type overrides it. The native WebKit cancel button is hidden. Tests or selectors that query getByRole('textbox') need searchbox.
Uncontrolled inputs, and controlled inputs without onClear, clear through onChange and onValueChange. This also stops Chrome's native Escape clear from running while the key bubbles to a Dialog.
Not fixed: Input wraps trailingIcon in aria-hidden="true", so the clear button is missing from the accessibility tree. Fixing it needs an Input API change. Checked in Chrome 154; not checked in Safari or with IME input.

Closes #632

I have followed the pull request section of the contributing guide.

- Escape clears the input when it has a value and is editable. It stops propagation only then, so an empty input lets Escape close an enclosing Dialog, Popover or Menu. - The clear button returns focus to the input. - onClear receives the click or keydown event. - The input defaults to type="search", so its role is searchbox. - Uncontrolled inputs, and controlled inputs without onClear, clear through onChange and onValueChange.

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The Search component supports a configurable input type, ref forwarding, and clearing through Escape or the clear button. It passes the triggering event to onClear. Escape clears a nonempty input unless the event is prevented, composition is active, or the input is disabled or read-only. The clear button focuses the input after clearing. The documentation and tests cover these changes.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant Search
  participant Input
  participant onClear
  User->>Search: Press Escape or click clear button
  Search->>Input: Clear value when applicable
  Search->>onClear: Pass triggering event when configured
  Search->>Input: Focus after clear-button click

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The Search changes appear mergeable after normal checks: clearing respects disabled and read-only inputs, preserves empty Escape propagation, and supports the documented search input default.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 84fbc

The reviewed clearing paths preserve caller-owned query state and introduce no identified privileged operation. Risk is low, with limited uncertainty around read-only clearing semantics and consumers outside the reviewed scope.

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — Within the inspected paths, user input and clearing events reach local input state, caller callbacks, and the existing table-query update interface. The change does not itself add credentials, privileged execution, or an autonomous cross-service operation. Further effects depend on consumer-provided handlers, which were not comprehensively inspected.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Escape invokes the consumer key handler first and honors default prevention. It also rejects composing, disabled, read-only, and empty inputs before consuming the event or initiating clearing. These are interaction controls, not server-side authorization controls.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main Search changes: Escape-to-clear behavior, focus return, the onClear event, and the default search input type.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly covers the Search behavior, API changes, accessibility limitation, testing scope, and linked issue.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR satisfies the coding requirements in [`#632`]. `Search` defaults to `type="search"` and permits overrides. Escape clears non-empty writable inputs, preserves propagation for empty inputs, and pas…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within [`#632`]. The CSS change hides the native search cancel control. Documentation and declaration changes describe the updated Search API. Test updates use the `searchbox` role an…

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- Line 83: Update the guard in clearInputValue to return when the input
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rohanchkrabrty · 2026-10-05T08:19:01Z

+  };
+
+  const handleKeyDown: InputProps['onKeyDown'] = event => {
+    onKeyDown?.(event);


user provided onKeyDown should run at the end

rohanchkrabrty · 2026-10-05T08:20:51Z

+  // A controlled Search with `onClear` resets `value` itself. Otherwise the
+  // clear goes through `onChange` and `onValueChange`.
+  const clear = () => {
+    if (value !== undefined && onClear) return;


onClear should only be used for side effects. Clearing input should be via the onValueChange handler in both uncontrolled and controlled

rohanchkrabrty · 2026-10-05T08:21:37Z

+  const mergedRef = useMergedRefs(inputRef, ref);
+  // A controlled Search with `onClear` resets `value` itself. Otherwise the
+  // clear goes through `onChange` and `onValueChange`.
+  const clear = () => {


We can reuse a single handleClear function which will do the clearing internally, call onClear if provided

also we should expose a boolean prop for clearOnEscape with default true, so that users can turn it off

rohanchkrabrty · 2026-10-05T08:23:24Z

+          onClear?.(e);
+          // The button hides once the input is empty, so focus would
+          // otherwise fall back to <body>.
+          inputRef.current?.focus();


This should be optional, and the default behaviour on esc should be to blur the input. We can expose a prop like blurOnEscape which is default true

Only the blur handling should be handled on escape. if user presses the clear button this shouldn't matter. the input will stay focused

Shreyag02 added 2 commits September 30, 2026 09:25

feat: [search] hide native search cancel button

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Shreyag02 changed the title ~~Feat/search keyboard shortcuts clear ux~~ feat: [search] escape to clear, focus return, onClear event, type="search" Sep 30, 2026

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fix: [search] do not clear a read-only input from the clear button

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