Modify search button to be expandable.

*  Accordingly issue#814.

*  Input contract if un-focus input element

* Search text data persisted when contracted/expanded

ui/assets/css/main.css

@@ -250,10 +250,17 @@ pre {
   word-break: keep-all;
 }
 
-.search-bar {
+.form-control.search-input {
-  flex-basis: 10%;
+  float: right !important;
-  flex-shrink: 3;
+  transition: width 0.5s ease-out 0s !important;
-  flex-grow: 0.3;
+}
-  max-width: 33%;
+
-  min-width: 11em;
+.show-input {
+  width: 13em !important;
+
+}
+.hide-input {
+  background: transparent !important;
+  width: 0px !important;
+  padding: 0 !important;
  }

ui/src/components/navbar.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { Component, linkEvent } from 'inferno';
+import { Component, linkEvent, createRef, RefObject } from 'inferno';
-import { Link, withRouter } from 'inferno-router';
+import { Link } from 'inferno-router';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { retryWhen, delay, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { WebSocketService, UserService } from '../services';
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ interface NavbarState {
   siteName: string;
   admins: Array<UserView>;
   searchParam: string;
+  toggleSearch: boolean;
 }
 
-class Navbar extends Component<any, NavbarState> {
+export class Navbar extends Component<any, NavbarState> {
   private wsSub: Subscription;
   private userSub: Subscription;
+  private searchTextField: RefObject<HTMLInputElement>;
   emptyState: NavbarState = {
     isLoggedIn: UserService.Instance.user !== undefined,
     unreadCount: 0,
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ class Navbar extends Component<any, NavbarState> {
     siteName: undefined,
     admins: [],
     searchParam: '',
+    toggleSearch: false,
   };
 
   constructor(props: any, context: any) {
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ class Navbar extends Component<any, NavbarState> {
 
     WebSocketService.Instance.getSite();
 
-    this.handleSearchParam = this.handleSearchParam.bind(this);
+    this.searchTextField = createRef();
   }
 
   handleSearchParam(i: Navbar, event: any) {
@@ -101,10 +104,16 @@ class Navbar extends Component<any, NavbarState> {
   }
 
   updateUrl() {
-    this.props.history.push(
+    const searchParam = this.state.searchParam;
-      `/search/q/${this.state.searchParam}/type/all/sort/topall/page/1`
-    );
     this.setState({ searchParam: '' });
+    this.setState({ toggleSearch: false });
+    if (searchParam === '') {
+      this.context.router.history.push(`/search/`);
+    } else {
+      this.context.router.history.push(
+        `/search/q/${searchParam}/type/all/sort/topall/page/1`
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   handleSearchSubmit(i: Navbar, event: any) {
@@ -112,6 +121,24 @@ class Navbar extends Component<any, NavbarState> {
     i.updateUrl();
   }
 
+  handleSearchBtn(i: Navbar, event: any) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    i.setState({ toggleSearch: true });
+
+    i.searchTextField.current.focus();
+    const offsetWidth = i.searchTextField.current.offsetWidth;
+    if (i.state.searchParam && offsetWidth > 100) {
+      i.updateUrl();
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleSearchBlur(i: Navbar, event: any) {
+    if (!(event.relatedTarget && event.relatedTarget.name !== 'search-btn')) {
+      i.state.toggleSearch = false;
+      i.setState(i.state);
+    }
+  }
+
   render() {
     return this.navbar();
   }
@@ -199,16 +226,34 @@ class Navbar extends Component<any, NavbarState> {
               </Link>
             </li>
           </ul>
-          {!this.props.history.location.pathname.match(/^\/search/) && (
+          {!this.context.router.history.location.pathname.match(
-            <div class="nav-item search-bar">
+            /^\/search/
-              <form onSubmit={linkEvent(this, this.handleSearchSubmit)}>
+          ) && (
+            <div class="nav-item my-2">
+              <form
+                class="form-inline"
+                onSubmit={linkEvent(this, this.handleSearchSubmit)}
+              >
                 <input
-                  class="form-control mr-sm-2"
+                  class={`form-control mr-0 search-input ${
+                    this.state.toggleSearch ? 'show-input' : 'hide-input'
+                  }`}
                   onInput={linkEvent(this, this.handleSearchParam)}
                   value={this.state.searchParam}
-                  type="search"
+                  ref={this.searchTextField}
+                  type="text"
                   placeholder={i18n.t('search')}
+                  onBlur={linkEvent(this, this.handleSearchBlur)}
                 ></input>
+                <div class="mx-sm-2">
+                  <button
+                    name="search-btn"
+                    onClick={linkEvent(this, this.handleSearchBtn)}
+                    class="btn btn-secondary"
+                  >
+                    {i18n.t('search')}
+                  </button>
+                </div>
               </form>
             </div>
           )}
@@ -457,5 +502,3 @@ class Navbar extends Component<any, NavbarState> {
     }
   }
 }
-
-export default withRouter(Navbar);

ui/src/index.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { render, Component } from 'inferno';
 import { BrowserRouter, Route, Switch } from 'inferno-router';
 import { Provider } from 'inferno-i18next';
 import { Main } from './components/main';
-import Navbar from './components/navbar';
+import { Navbar } from './components/navbar';
 import { Footer } from './components/footer';
 import { Login } from './components/login';
 import { CreatePost } from './components/create-post';