Suggestion for selectize widget: blur after selecting a value

[gerhard-moser]

When you select a value in a Selectize widget, the focus stays on the widget.

This causes issues when you switch tabs (e.g., to copy some text) and return to the form. The focus is still on the Selectize widget, so pasting the copied text into the next form field doesn’t work.

[jrief]

Good idea. I will implement this.

[mscheper]

My comment in the DJango forum is probably related to this. As a keyboard user, when I Tab to an autocomplete field, type a few characters and arrow down to select an option, I expect that value to be accepted when I Tab to the next field. (And I expect Enter to submit the form.) This is how <select> inputs work for pretty much every browser I've used, and it's also how the search fields work for Google and Amazon.

This is not how the demo for the Selectize Widget docs currently work, however. It seems users need to press Enter to select an option.

FWIW, this is currently the main issue standing in the way of me implementing this library on my site. It looks pretty impressive otherwise. Thanks!