Comment field - click away to close textfield needed

[Ezd]

I think it would be realllly nice if you could just start typing your comment as soon as you've clicked the reply button and if you click away the textfield would collaps/close.

Right now you have to click in the textfield first before you can type. Focus/the cursor marker should be in the textfield as soon as you've clicked the Reply button. And if you click somewhere else outside the textfield it should collaps/close.

To be include in 1.2 perhaps?

[Ezd]

Update: Just tested this with Safari, Firefox and IE8. Safari and Firefox does in fact auto-focus the textfield, its just IE8 thats missing autofocus. Close/collaps textfield when clicking away is missing.

[apeatling]

The comment box gets the focus, you can hit esc to close.

[haloid]

I think this enhancement is for the "clicking away" action, i.e. click anywhere outside the commenting area and it will close the text box. So users won't have to reach forward for the Esc button on their keyboard.

[Ezd]

Thats right haloid. I bet it's VERY few people that will actually reach out and hit the ESC key.

You need to be able to click elsewhere outside the textfield to close it. Thats pretty standard in many communities I've seen, including facebook I think.

Would be very nice that you can control this with just your mouse.

[Ezd]

Confirmed - Also on Facebook you can "unfocus and close" the textfield by clicking elsewhere with your mouse. It's just a nice undo action to have which is quicker then ESC.

[Ezd]

I think you could put it this way too. Pressing the "ESC" key on your keyboard is a more "geeky" approach to close the textfield. Clicking away with your mouse is quicker and more user friendly. ;)

[haloid]

By the way, on IE8 the text box still doesn't get the focus.

PS: If not "if unfocused then close" then maybe a "Cancel" button? ;-)

[DJPaul]

I think just because Facebook does something one way doesn't mean the BuddyPress should do it the same way. Bumping to 1.2.1 for comment from apeatling or jjj.

[boonebgorges]

I don't really care too much about this one way or another. There's a 'or press esc to cancel' message by the Post button, which seems fine to me. Clicking outside the box and having it close seems like it's just as likely to cause people to accidentally close the reply window.

If I were pressed to decide, I'd say leave it like it is. Or maybe change the 'esc' message to a full-fledged Cancel button/link.

[DJPaul]

Per Boone's comments above, clicking outside of the box and having it close seems as thought it would likely cause people to accidentally close the reply window. This sort of change can be easily implemented into a child theme if a specific site desires this functionality.

[johnjamesjacoby]

Moving closed ticket out of Awaiting Review.