Feature Overview

This feature aims to significantly enhance the user experience of the ACM Search functionality by implementing interactive search suggestions, improving search result clarity, and providing better guidance for users. The current search interface is not intuitive regarding free text search and lacks dynamic feedback. These enhancements will align the ACM search with PatternFly consistency and improve discoverability of relevant results through keywords and labels.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uzrlJi0amy4Gx07isEPh9JhEW7upNgMpAWIsxgIYqew/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.m8d3besh8t0b 

Goals

This Section: Provide high-level goal statement, providing user context
and expected user outcome(s) for this feature

• Provide a more intuitive and user-friendly search experience for ACM users.
• Improve the discoverability of search results by offering dynamic suggestions for keywords and labels as the user types.
• Enhance clarity for users when no matching results are found.
• Guide users on how to effectively use the search bar, including how to trigger a search.

Requirements

This Section: A list of specific needs or objectives that a Feature must
deliver to satisfy the Feature.. Some requirements will be flagged as MVP.
If an MVP gets shifted, the feature shifts. If a non MVP requirement slips,
it does not shift the feature.

See https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uzrlJi0amy4Gx07isEPh9JhEW7upNgMpAWIsxgIYqew/edit?tab=t.0 

(Optional) Use Cases

This Section:

• Main success scenarios - high-level user stories
• Alternate flow/scenarios - high-level user stories
• ...

Questions to answer

• How many characters should be typed before the dropdown suggestions appear (e.g., "n" characters, like CNV's 2 characters)?
• What is the upper limit for the number of keywords and labels to show in the dropdown?
• What is the correct terminology for labels (property name: value, key: value, or filter:value)? This has multiple ways to refer to it in the current copy.
• Can recent searches be loaded when the search bar is clicked?
• How can an interaction hint to trigger search be included within the search field, following PatternFly guidelines?
• What wording should be used for the interaction hint (e.g., "press enter")?

Out of Scope

• Further enhancements to the core search algorithm beyond providing suggestions for existing keywords and labels.

Background, and strategic fit

This Section: What does the person writing code, testing, documenting
need to know? What context can be provided to frame this feature?

Assumptions

• ...

Customer Considerations

• ...

Documentation Considerations

Questions to be addressed:

• What educational or reference material (docs) is required to support this
  product feature? For users/admins? Other functions (security officers, etc)?
• Does this feature have a doc impact?
• New Content, Updates to existing content, Release Note, or No Doc Impact
• If unsure and no Technical Writer is available, please contact Content
  Strategy.
• What concepts do customers need to understand to be successful in
  [action]?
• How do we expect customers will use the feature? For what purpose(s)?
• What reference material might a customer want/need to complete [action]?
• Is there source material that can be used as reference for the Technical
  Writer in writing the content? If yes, please link if available.
• What is the doc impact (New Content, Updates to existing content, or
  Release Note)?