[$500] Add a search bar on the workspaces list

[roryabraham]

coming from https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1711147247599549...

Problem

If you have many workspaces on your workspaces list, it can be hard to find a particular one.

Solution

Add a search bar to filter the workspaces list.

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Triggered auto assignment to @sonialiap (NewFeature), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/14418#:~:text=BugZero%20process%20steps%20for%20feature%20requests for more details.

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Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @eVoloshchak (External)

[hayes102]

Hi Rory, can i make a proposal for this one? or is it already taken?

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[nkdengineer]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Add a search bar on the workspaces list

What is the root cause of that problem?

This is a new feature

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We can re-use the filter logic in WorkspaceSwitcherPage to filter the workspace in WorkspaceListPage

1. Create a state for search term

const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = useState('');

2. Create a textInput component

const textInput = (
        <TextInput 
          defaultValue={searchTerm}
          onChangeText={(value) => {
              setSearchTerm(value);
          }}
          selectTextOnFocus
          spellCheck={false}
          iconLeft={MagnifyingGlass}
          placeholder={translate('workspace.switcher.placeholder')}
      />
  )

• Note: this is the main idea, other logics like focus, blur, ... of TextInput can be done on the PR

3. Update listHeaderComponent to include the search bar

const shouldShowTextInput = workspaces.length >= CONST.WORKSPACE_SWITCHER.MINIMUM_WORKSPACES_TO_SHOW_SEARCH;
const listHeaderComponent = useCallback(() => {
  const headerContent = isLessThanMediumScreen ? (
      <View style={styles.mt5} />
  ) : (
      <View style={[styles.flexRow, styles.gap5, styles.p5, styles.pl10, styles.appBG]}>
          {filteredAndSortedUserWorkspaces.length > 0 ? (
              <>
                  <View style={[styles.flexRow, styles.flex1]}>
                      <Text
                          numberOfLines={1}
                          style={[styles.flexGrow1, styles.textLabelSupporting]}
                      >
                          {translate('workspace.common.workspaceName')}
                      </Text>
                  </View>
                  <View style={[styles.flexRow, styles.flex1, styles.workspaceOwnerSectionTitle]}>
                      <Text
                          numberOfLines={1}
                          style={[styles.flexGrow1, styles.textLabelSupporting]}
                      >
                          {translate('workspace.common.workspaceOwner')}
                      </Text>
                  </View>
                  <View style={[styles.flexRow, styles.flex1, styles.workspaceTypeSectionTitle]}>
                      <Text
                          numberOfLines={1}
                          style={[styles.flexGrow1, styles.textLabelSupporting]}
                      >
                          {translate('workspace.common.workspaceType')}
                      </Text>
                  </View>
                  <View style={[styles.ml10, styles.mr2]} />
              </>
          ) : (
              <Text>{translate('common.noResultsFound')}</Text>
          )}
      </View>
  );
  return (
      <>
          <View style={[styles.gap5, styles.p5, styles.pl10, styles.appBG]}>{shouldShowTextInput && textInput}</View>
          {headerContent}
      </>
  );
}, [isLessThanMediumScreen, styles, translate, shouldShowTextInput, filteredAndSortedUserWorkspaces.length]);

4. Create a filter workspace variable, re-use the logic here

const sortWorkspacesBySelected = (workspace1: WorkspaceItem, workspace2: WorkspaceItem, selectedWorkspaceID: string | undefined): number => {
    if (workspace1.policyID === selectedWorkspaceID) {
        return -1;
    }
    if (workspace2.policyID === selectedWorkspaceID) {
        return 1;
    }
    return workspace1.title?.toLowerCase().localeCompare(workspace2.title?.toLowerCase() ?? '') ?? 0;
};
const filteredAndSortedUserWorkspaces = useMemo(
    () =>
    workspaces
            .filter((policy) => policy.title?.toLowerCase().includes(searchTerm?.toLowerCase() ?? ''))
            .sort((policy1, policy2) => sortWorkspacesBySelected(policy1, policy2, activeWorkspaceID)),
    [searchTerm, workspaces, activeWorkspaceID],
);

5. Pass filteredAndSortedUserWorkspaces as the data of FlatList

data={filteredAndSortedUserWorkspaces}

https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/191d9326cd6cdbdc76d24ddf09f8a2f5fe6295ec/src/pages/workspace/WorkspacesListPage.tsx#L410

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

NA

Result

https://github.com/Expensify/App/assets/161821005/f8dcaaaf-e830-4b63-bfab-d57a5da36d8e

[nayabatir1]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Add search is workspace list

What is the root cause of that problem?

This is a new feature

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Added search bar in workspace list. Based on user input it will filter the list of workspace.

Header Component

This is draft structure for demo purpose, will look for reusable component if any once this proposal gets accepted.

Filter workspace logic

Instead of directly filtering on workspaces, I'm creating 2nd memoize variable to filter as if workspace is empty, create workspace section will be shown. Using `useDeferredValue` to smoothly update UI.

Demo video

https://github.com/Expensify/App/assets/91016903/533cad91-da43-4ca0-a215-bc77fab22ecc

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

N.A.

[allgandalf]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Add a search bar on the workspaces list

What is the root cause of that problem?

Feature Request

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Firstly, We don't need to create everything from scratch, we have major logic to filter workspaces in the Workspace Switcher LHN itself: For the Logic part, We can directly use the logic to filter workspaces from here: https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/191d9326cd6cdbdc76d24ddf09f8a2f5fe6295ec/src/pages/WorkspaceSwitcherPage.tsx#L147-L153

Then we should define a TextInput which will be used to enter user data, this can be taken fromBaseOptionsSelector :

https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/2003844351cd57b5197852459bc36ec07b6a7d26/src/components/OptionsSelector/BaseOptionsSelector.js#L506-L532

Over here we also need to define a new Place Holder text for workspace list: workspaceSearch: 'Search Workspace'

Then we need to add this TextInput in listHeaderComponent in WorkspacesListPage: https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/191d9326cd6cdbdc76d24ddf09f8a2f5fe6295ec/src/pages/workspace/WorkspacesListPage.tsx#L220

And finally, Update the data parameter in FlatList to show the workspaces according to the filtered values https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/191d9326cd6cdbdc76d24ddf09f8a2f5fe6295ec/src/pages/workspace/WorkspacesListPage.tsx#L410

Note: We should also add a No results found for inputs which do not match workspace names

Test Branch: https://github.com/GandalfGwaihir/App/tree/issue38854

[eVoloshchak]

This is a feature request rather than a bug, so the first proposal to correctly explain the general idea of how to implement the feature - is a winning proposal. Extensive code diffs aren't needed (Source), the exact details of the implementation can be worked out during the PR review

Based on that, I think we should proceed with @nkdengineer's proposal 🎀👀🎀 C+ reviewed!

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[allgandalf]

hello @eVoloshchak , i actually had the first dibs here, context:

[wildan-m]

To prevent such situations, I suggest removing the 'Help Wanted' tag if the issue is specific to a particular individual. If the proposed assignment is unsatisfactory, then we can consider adding the tag to seek alternative solutions. I've experienced the same situation here 😆

[eVoloshchak]

i actually had the first dibs here, context:

@GandalfGwaihir, thanks for linking that! In that case, @roryabraham, could you assign @GandalfGwaihir to this please?

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[sonialiap]

@GandalfGwaihir all yours, looking forward to having a workspace search! 🙏

[trjExpensify]

I think we should park the breaks on this and wait for search v2 and introducing it consistently. We purposefully left it out of the v1 of the Workspaces page knowing we'd be working into a more holistic search design. CC: @Expensify/design

[shawnborton]

I agree with that.

[allgandalf]

damn , the updated code was ready for one 😢

[JmillsExpensify]

Agree with pausing this. It hasn't gone through our internal design process yet, though it will within the next 1-2 weeks, and at that point once we have alignment, we can pick this back up.

[trjExpensify]

Going to track it as part of [Search v1] for now to keep it in view, though I'll likely update this to wherever we go with Search v2.

[melvin-bot[bot]]

@eVoloshchak, @sonialiap, @roryabraham, @GandalfGwaihir Eep! 4 days overdue now. Issues have feelings too...

[eVoloshchak]

Not overdue, this is on HOLD