Change Searchbox Typed Text

michal.friedrich · 2024-07-10T08:34:04.357Z

I have a backend workflow that receives a name of the company.
Company is one of my databases with companies including their names.
But in my database I am not always sure I have this company under the same name, or I can have duplicates.

So my goal is to change the value of the searchbox typed text to the value I receive via backend workflow API call. And let the user confirm it or select something else.

Is there a way I can influence a typed text in a searchbox via workflow or conditon?

bonjour_17 · 2024-07-10T09:16:04.626Z

This will probably not solution all your challenges in the flow you want, but just answering the input defaut value :

You can set the default value to be dynamic and corresponding to - for example - a custom state. Then through a workflow you’ll force the input to take the state value every time you “reset the input”

michal.friedrich · 2024-07-10T09:28:28.611Z

Thanks for the suggestion but this is where the problem happens.

Let’s say the company name is Pro-Comp c.o. but from the API I get just Pro-Comp.

I cannot make this value appear in the searchbox as this is not an exact match. Thats why I want to influece typed text not default value. As I cannot match it 1:1.

gerbertdelangen · 2024-07-10T10:16:59.971Z

Would fuzzy search solve your problem? There are various plugins available and the Fuzzy search & Autocomplete Plugin | Bubble plugin is used a lot.

michal.friedrich · 2024-07-10T11:17:13.570Z

@gerbertdelangen Fuzzy search is awesome, but I always lacked a backend reliable fuzzy search. This plugin is good for that?

I see the plugin is not working with a searchbox so it won’t do.

gerbertdelangen · 2024-07-10T11:36:15.388Z

No indeed, not for backend. But the pro version of this plugin has a backend option. I do not know how well it works.

True, but if you use an input + a repeating group in a popup/group focus you can build your own ‘searchbox’.