Poor UX - Search filter window closes for no reason

[pythonmegapixel]

Browser, version and OS: Firefox 81, Windows 10 2004

 

What happened? Clicking on a search filter (e.g. "search content titles only") causes the settings window to close and focus to be taken away from the search box, preventing me from typing.

 

What did you expect to happen? The focus remains in the search box (so I can continue typing) and the window stays open (so I can select more filters)

 

Note: the window I mean is this:

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

27 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Browser, version and OS: Firefox 81, Windows 10 2004

 

What happened? Clicking on a search filter (e.g. "search content titles only") causes the settings window to close and focus to be taken away from the search box, preventing me from typing.

 

What did you expect to happen? The focus remains in the search box (so I can continue typing) and the window stays open (so I can select more filters)

 

Note: the window I mean is this:

 

Huh... for me it's intermittent. Sometimes that drop down menu stays and sometimes it disappears as you've said. 

 

OS: Windows 10 Build 19041.508

Browser: Microsoft Edge Version 86.0.622.38 (Official build) (64-bit)

[colonel_mortis]

This should be fixed on https://beta.linustechtips.com

[PineyCreek]

Glad it's fixed.

That aside, whenever ANYONE says something happens/happened for no reason, they're always wrong.  There's always a reason.  It may be a stupid reason, or it may be a reason that you aren't aware of...but there's always a reason.