Input focus does not trigger keyboard on iOS when showDropdown is opened

[bysobi]

On iOS (Safari and iOS WebView), focusing an input element does not open the virtual keyboard when the input is focused as part of opening showDropdown.

As a result, the input appears focused visually, but the keyboard does not open and the user cannot start typing until they manually tap the input.

The same result you can see on demo page

Is there any fix?

[Xon]

@bysobi is this is select-one or select-multiple ?

[bysobi]

@bysobi is this is select-one or select-multiple ?

This issue occurs with select-one.

Step 1
Open on iPhone:
https://choices-js.github.io/Choices/

Step 2
Select “Single select input” or the last option “Form validation”.

On desktop everything works correctly - the dropdown receives focus when opened.
However, on iPhone the focus does not work, which is a serious problem for usability.

[bysobi]

any news?)
i dont want use select2((

[Xon]

Does this occur on MacOS/Safari or just the iphone?

[Xon]

What iOS version?

[bysobi]

This happens on any iPhone, regardless of iOS version and browser (Safari, Chrome, etc.). The issue is reproducible across all tested iOS versions and browsers

[bysobi]

any update?

[bysobi]

up

[Xon]

I have very limited access to iOS devices which makes testing this exact compatibility scenario challenging.

@bysobi can you please try older versions (v10.x) and see if it is a change in the choices.js library or just iOS changing behavior