Pressing "Enter" after searching in remote view should "commit" search term and un-focus search field

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Pressing "Enter" after searching in remote view should "commit" search term and un-focus search field

Post by macintacos »

This is a habit I keep finding myself doing: I'm in remote view, I ctrl+f to find something. I hit "Enter" habitually, thinking that that will "commit" my search (think like, you're in your browser, hitting "Enter" commits to the search term). I see things light up on the screen, and I try to WASD over to it. Unfortunately, because pressing "Enter" did nothing, those keys I just pressed are now being interpreted as input to the text field, which causes my search to be inaccurate, the thing I searched for is almost certainly no longer highlighted, and I'm now sad and have to fix my input. I think that this is more confusing in the remote view vs. other views with search fields, because the map in general is a place to navigate, although honestly I wish it worked this way in any search field.

It's also a bit confusing for me anyway - I guess I'm supposed to click on the screen to get it to un-focus the search field, but for whatever reason that doesn't come natural to me so I keep messing it up.

Anywho - if this has to be an option, so be it, but please allow "Enter" to be interpreted as a "commit" to the search team when you're in a search field, and un-focus the field. At least to me, that feels very intuitive. If this is possible to change with mods, I'd love some direction, because I'd change it myself if I could :)
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